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      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,358 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      82% 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 48,358 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 18, 2008

      Mmm. Tasty desserts.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Free food, and a good variety, perks, fun and competent teammates. The bonus plan is pretty good. They have a lot of social events, but unlike some other reviewers I never felt like I was forced to go to them, and I don't think I get labeled as 'ungoogley' because of it. I feel pretty free to work on what I want to work on, and I don't feel over-managed.

      Cons

      I spend quite a bit of time at work, but really this is mostly because I like what I'm working on, and they have better snacks there than I do at home. It's almost insidious.

      5.0
      Jun 14, 2008

      Still one of the best places to work at.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working at Google, you have really smart co-workers. In the beginning it struck me that people quickly understood my ideas, something I wasn't used to from college. Another great advantage at Google is that it is very engineering driven. Generally, engineers are given enough of freedom to work on what they consider to be most important. The role of product managers is to help engineers figure out what that is and to help in communications, but ultimately engineers are making the decision. Being an engineer, I very much enjoy this and I think it makes a lot of sense given that engineers understand the technologies involved best.

      Cons

      A lot of the interesting problems and challenges have already been solved. In particular as a junior software engineer, you'll work on not so exciting tasks. Also, due to the fast growth of the company, the impact an individual makes is not as big as it used to be.

      3.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Google, not what you think, at least not any more.....

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stock options, prestige of working for a huge name

      Cons

      In order to excel,you must give up most of your social life to compete with people willing to spend more than 10+ hours a day at work. Its not the fun company it used to be, I may be a little jaded since I was there in the early days, but its become more like Microsoft, and the "Google culture" is more of a fable these days. Google buys technology these days, and does not innovate from within.

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