Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,385 total reviews)
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81% positive business outlook

Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,385 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
1.0
Nov 21, 2024
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Pros

The office is nice, decent salary, nice benefits such as free good, gym and more. Nice team mates.

Cons

Starting a new job should be an exciting chapter, filled with hope, ambition, and the eagerness to grow. That’s exactly how I felt when I began my role as an Accelerated Growth Consultant. But what unfolded over time shattered me in ways I never thought possible. The excitement I brought to this job was quickly replaced by dread, anxiety, and a constant feeling of inadequacy. My manager silently targeted me, and it became clear over time that he had simply decided one day that I wasn’t someone he wanted on the team. It wasn’t overt bullying, but the kind that slowly eats away at your confidence and sanity. He excluded me from important conversations, sabotaged my work behind closed doors, and painted me as incompetent during graduate reviews with fabricated claims. I wasn’t alone in this experience. Other teammates were subjected to the same treatment, often deciding to leave the company because they simply couldn’t cope. Some of them confided in me about how this manager made them feel so worthless that they contemplated suicide. It’s horrifying to think how one person could cause so much pain and distress in others. When I reported these issues to HR, I was met with gaslighting. My concerns were minimized, twisted, or ignored entirely. HR seemed more interested in protecting the company than addressing the harm caused by this manager. Despite multiple complaints from different people, he faced no accountability. Instead, he was rewarded with promotions and opportunities in other departments and even international roles. The Accelerated Growth Consultant role itself was stressful and chaotic. There was no clear structure or straightforward path to success. It wasn’t like a traditional sales role where you could track your progress and adjust accordingly. Instead, everything depended on whether the clients decided to spend—and if they didn’t, you were the one held accountable. It was a constant cycle of confusion, stress, and fear of missing targets. By the time I left the company, I felt utterly drained and destroyed. A piece of my soul had been taken. I came in full of energy and positivity, only to be worn down by a system that allowed toxicity to thrive unchecked. This experience taught me how deeply workplace bullying and poor leadership can impact mental health. No one should ever feel like their job is tearing them apart from the inside, and no one should suffer in silence because their concerns are dismissed. It’s time for companies to take reports of bullying seriously and hold managers accountable for the harm they cause. Anything less is unacceptable.

2.0
Aug 21, 2023

Google is turning into Oracle

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Pros

Great perks Good pay (at first) Great benefits

Cons

* Little to no vision from upper management - the company has become increasingly reactive rather than proactive * Little prospect of career advancement - promos kept getting scarcer and scarcer during the time I worked there * Compensation shrinks over time, as they don’t give very good raises * Company has become riddled with bureaucracy and internal politics in the last few years * I kept hearing from colleagues that the best way to get a promotion or a raise at google was to leave and come back * Upper management has pretty much alienated their employees over the past decade and all their emails about their wonderful ski trips and how we’re all in this together feel really condescending * Constant reorgs makes your position in any given group shaky at best

4.0
May 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

> 20 month contract & learning opportunity to apply track (UX, PjM, Data Analytics etc.) foundations of a career changing track into a company. > Work at Google and you get to build lasting relationships with people from different backgrounds. > Have the opportunity to create a large impact to either internal or external users or customers. > Experience corporate life and determine if it is something you want to be a part of or not. > Understand how products, software, what ever your area is in, runs at a large scale. > Benefits at Google are incredible, you will have fun as an apprentice. It is a great opportunity - but you need to put yourself out there (network, show face in the office, attend events, and/or explore different projects) in order to make the most of it. If you lay back on the sidelines you will miss out and regret it.

Cons

> Apprenticeship is not a conversion program. You will need to apply externally. > Since it's new to the states there are a lot of things that need to be fleshed out for this program. > Some managers will take advantage of apprentices' time making apprentices feel overworked for a position they may not get a job in after the program is over. (DO NOT allow your manager to overwork you - the point of the program is to learn) > Management lacks communication with apprentices. Apprentices will have more questions throughout their contract and be given no concrete answers. You will hear A LOT of "maybe", "I think", "don't quote me on xyz", "I heard" which can be frustrating and at some point inexcusable in a corporate setting. > Your manager is new to management so they will need your help in providing feedback about your experience. > You will have to not depend on the program - do not expect your hand to be held throughout the process as everyone, including management, is still figuring it out. > If you are at the end of your cohort and suddenly the U.S. is in one of the worst tech job markets (like my cohort was), you will be stressed and find it difficult to find a position in tech (no matter the apprentice track) whether its inside or outside of Google. Make sure you have a plan B and C. > The program does little in helping you find a job. You will do most of the leg work.

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