Google vs. Amazon

Recently I had a project for a course in which I worked as a team to make a report of some of the differences and similarities between Google and Amazon. Some of the categories that we compared were employee motivation, ethics, and just a general history of the companies. It was interesting to learn the large differences between Amazon's and Google's corporate cultures. Amazon, according to research, is more of an intense, high paced corporate environment. It is so much the case that they have in the past refused to allow employees to take time off for Christmas and that any employees who called in sick would be fired. Google offers more time off, including Christmas, along with many other amenities at certain office locations. Google is known to offer car wash service, health care including medical and dental, hair stylists, etc. It's interesting to learn of the vast variety of corporate environments that exist in the tech field.