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      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,436 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      83% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Compensation and benefits

      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Senior management

      Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,436 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
      5.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Good

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Google is a very nice company to work for. The company is very transparent about its policies and directions, and keeps every one up-to-date of latest development. People have strong ownership of things they do. And I feel that compensation is really good. The bonus is really generous (about 30% of your salary), and the benefits are excellent.

      Cons

      Benefits are excellent, but I think Microsoft's medical coverage is better, and Microsoft matches charitable donation up to 12,000 per year but Google only matches up to 3,000.

      5.0
      Jun 1, 2008

      Google: A New Kind of Employer for A New Century

      Site reliability engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I like working at Google as an SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) because it is a job that combines my skills as a professional software engineer and self-taught system administrator. The work I do is quite varied so I don't get bored doing the same thing over and over like I have done at other companies. Since Google is a well-established corporation they can afford to provide some of the best benefits that other companies can't/don't provide. Unlike startups, you don't have to worry about the company going belly-up nor do you have to work unreasonable hours. We have free food in the form of many cafes all over the area each with a varied menu of foods. There's even a concern program that allows employees to call certain specialists for free advice -- e.g. you can ask a lawyer for some legal advice or talk to a therapist, amongst other services. The company even offers up to 3 months of paid medical leave.. Aside from benefits, job security, and exciting projects, everyone there is very intelligent and good peers/team-mates are essential in any corporation.

      Cons

      Large corporations have a certain bureaucracy and more red tape than startups, naturally. Promotions at Google require either someone to nominate you (rare) or self-nomination during regular performance review cycles. Performance review cycles are a big pain and context interrupt. Many share this view though it is believed to be a necessary evil.

      3.0
      May 30, 2008

      Awesome culture, bad management

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The perks and the culture is not only conductive to thinking and personal growth, but also fun.

      Cons

      While the flat structure aids quick development of ideas, many managers are not people persons and are fairly inexperienced (as managers, while they're great software engineers). For newbies this can be frustrating because of the lack of downwards managerial communication. On top of that, the lack of clear policies and rules about things like WFH and OOO while make it easier to have a personal life highlight the disparity between well-connected Googlers (who might be friends with their managers) and the others. Lastly, product/project managers, ubertechs and swengs often fight about silly stuff, leaving innocent bystanders merely confused.

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