Bonnie Brown started as in-house masseuse at the Google headquarters in 1999.

Now, after five years of hard work as masahista to engineers and techies, Bonnie is a certified multimillionaire after cashing in on Google stock options.

I’ve heard stories by friends and friends of friends get recruitment calls from Google and the long hiring process it involves. But it seems worth it considering what new hires reportedly get:

The average options grant for a new Google employee — or “Noogler” — who started in November 2006 was 685 shares at a price of roughly $475 a share. They also would have received, on average, 230 shares of stock outright that will vest over a number of years.

The Nooglers might not be talking about second homes in Aspen or personal jets, but they are talking about down payments on a first home, new cars and kitchen renovations. Internal online discussion groups about personal finance are closely read.

Read the New York Times story here to find out more.

For a view of life inside the Google HQ in Mountain View, California, go here.