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      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,344 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 48,344 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 12, 2008

      Geek Paradise

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Getting a chance to work on the world's largest distributed system. Obviously the company is very focused on employee satisfaction. It's a total geek paradise, with everyone trying to out geek each other.

      Cons

      A very flat management structure is a double edged sword, with all the good and bad you can imagine. Google also has a problem getting rid of the people who shouldn't be there, although it is getting better at it. The geek paradise can result in people doing things just to prove they are smart. The biggest complaint I've heard from people are code reviews that get held up because you didn't use some clever idea that some reviewer comes up with at the review.

      4.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Amazing experience - yes Google is that cool!!!

      Technical recruiter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Smart people, extremely diverse culture, open environment for creativity... a model for a lot of companies. Technically very advanced - start of the art equipment and the best social activities that make you proud to be there.

      Cons

      It's a monster, flat organization doesn't allow for much advancement.

      4.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Great engineers, mediocre managers.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The quality of my co-workers is phenomenal. You can be sure that any idea you might have will be thorougly analyzed and considered. People are friendly, intelligent and in the vast majority of cases very easy to get along with. The infrastructure that Google has built up really frees the programmer from a lot of fundamental worries and allows him or her to concentrate on solving the high-level problem. The available tools make accessing a tremendous amount of computing power very straightforward. I have always been satisfied with my managers trust me when I say I need to take time off or work from home. It is very liberating to know that your manager supports you when you need this kind of latitude because of things happening outside work.

      Cons

      I believe that the quality of the middle management leaves a lot to be desired. I find the quality of middle managers to be extremely variable. I believe some managers do not actively contribute to a good outcome for the team. Also, I believe that Google is not good at weeding out those managers who do not perform well. Google's "slotting" process is terrible. I know many instances of people who have applied for positions that interest them, only to be "slotted" into positions which they do not like. Once you are slotted, it is very difficult to move out of your position. It could take months, maybe even a year or so. Also, these same middle managers have sole control over your quarterly evaluation. These evaluations feed into your annual bonus, so if you are incorrectly slotted and do not perform to the best of your abilities, then you are triply penalized: your evaluations will be poor, your bonus will go down and it will become harder for you to transfer to another team.

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