Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,440 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,440 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Google employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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48K reviews
4.0
Sep 6, 2008
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Pros

It was a great place to be working for straight out of college. When you start work there they really take the time to make sure that you're trained properly so that you don't feel like a fish out of water like at other companies. Benefits can't be beat. Besides the free lunches, fantastic 401k, etc, you get large bonuses fairly often. Co-workers were intelligent and great to work with for the most part. I also had a great relationship with my manager and thought I was treated fairly, but it can vary widely at Google. All in all, there's few better places to start off for a young college grad.

Cons

As a non-engineer, your starting pay is pretty low. It's made up through bonuses and other compensation methods, but when I went to another company, it was harder to negotiate a higher pay due to my low base pay at Google. It's also starting to become a big company, so you have layers of middle management who are just a couple of years out of college and don't have the experience to manage people well. Most were great workers, but many don't understand that there's a large difference between doing your own work well and making sure that others do their work well through your guidance.

4.0
Aug 17, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The quality of coworkers is pretty high; nearly everyone is pretty bright and fairly creative. The company is very flexible with its employees -- work matters more than hours and location. There are a number of interesting classes of problems to work on that are difficult to find elsewhere [large scale distributed systems, storage infrastructure, etc]. The potential impact of your work is huge.

Cons

There's a culture of working long hours. The company is becoming larger and larger, which results in more processes and less creativity.

4.0
Aug 11, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The work is really challenging and interesting with a high level of independence and self direction. It's a great place for those with the drive and initiative to succeed. Employees are treated very well and the benefits are great. Managers are pretty good at encouraging work life balance and I'm often told to get out of the office if I'm there too late. And of course, the free food is delicious.

Cons

It can feel a bit anonymous down in the gears of the giant machine. If you don't work in Engineering, you can sometimes feel like a second class citizen. Career development support for employees is almost non-existent.

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