Even if there was only five minutes left to a meeting, even if Google cofounder Sergey Brin himself was mid sentence and expecting an answer from Katy, Mayer would say “Katy’s gotta go” and Katy would walk out the door and answer the questions later by e-mail after the kids were in bed.”

Nice little piece from Business Insider about how Google tried to keep hard working employees happy — the sentiment being that its the little niggles that add up to frustration, not big grand gestures. I agree with the sentiment. Its about letting people treat their work with the responsibility you’d expect.