Does Google pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Google employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Google. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Google?

87% of Google employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Google 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Google?

Software Engineer (10463) , Senior Software Engineer (1599) , Intern (1228) , Software Developer (1217) , Account Manager (843) , Product Manager (792) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (767) , Analyst (753) , Program Manager (624) , Project Manager (609) , SWE Intern (542) , Data Scientist (514) , Internship (499) , Software Engineer(Internship) (495) , Manager (483)

What are the pros of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"My teammates were really great people and did a lot to help me get up and running."" ((in 4240 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3698 reviews)); "Great environment and culture for each individual to proactively dive into what ever they are working on." ((in 3417 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2644 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2294 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and lots to learn if you are not a learner it might not be the best place" ((in 809 reviews)); "Bad management and quite bureaucratic" ((in 740 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 564 reviews)); "Recent job security worries and layoffs" ((in 561 reviews)); "Too much work and politics" ((in 301 reviews))

What are employees saying about Google layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Google layoffs and their outlook for job security at Google in 2026.

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4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,382 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

82% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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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 48,382 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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4.0

Apr 18, 2009

A great place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, challenging problems, large impact. Compensation and benefits are very good. Internal tools and systems are also very good.

Cons

There seems to be a lot of overhead to launching even though the company tries to foster small start-up groups. I think many small groups fragments the resource space and in some ways makes for artificial scarcities.

5.0

Apr 15, 2009

Great place to work, though challenging in mostly good and some not-so-good ways.

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Google is a place with amazing learning opportunities - lots of very smart, skilled people to learn from.

Cons

Advancement is difficult, as there are a lot of talented people competing for a relatively small number of promotion slots.

3.0

Apr 9, 2009

not as great as the hype

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

alot of smart people. Every person I meet in google is smart. Lots of perks. Basically everything you need to live at google (which can be a bad thing).

Cons

since there is alot of smart people, means that it's hard to stand out. Also, as they are smart, it means that many are also arrogant. it's not that easy to advance your career here. The "big company" culture is starting to take hold in this company (e.g. lots of politics and good talent leaving). Many bad managers that became managers because they were early employees. Pay is low compared to other silicon valley companies.

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