We still make exceptional cash and stock awards for exceptional people. And our annual bonus and stock grant awards follow more of a power law distribution. But over the past ten years we’ve learned that how you determine those awards is as important as how much you award. Programs that failed tests of distributive or procedural justice have been replaced or been improved. We’ve added a strong emphasis on accumulating experiences, rather than just money. We recognize publicly through experiential awards and reward privately through substantial differentiation in bonus and stock. And Googlers
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