Is Google a good company to work for as a Engineering Manager?

Engineering Manager professionals working at Google have rated their employer with 4.3 out of 5 stars in 86 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Google employees being 4.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Engineering Manager Jobs at Google now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Engineering Manager interview questions at Google .

Does Google pay Engineering Manager employees well?

Engineering Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Google with 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 86 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 6.5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Engineering Manager salaries at Google.

How happy are Engineering Manager professionals working at Google?

92% of Engineering Manager employees at Google would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 12% in the past 12 months. Engineering Manager professionals have also rated Google with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.3 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Google?

Software Engineer (10501) , Senior Software Engineer (1603) , Intern (1232) , Software Developer (1218) , Account Manager (845) , Product Manager (795) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (768) , Analyst (757) , Program Manager (627) , Project Manager (609) , SWE Intern (545) , Data Scientist (514) , Internship (501) , Software Engineer(Internship) (496) , Manager (482)

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 4233 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3764 reviews)); "Great environment and culture for each individual to proactively dive into what ever they are working on." ((in 3438 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2656 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2343 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 812 reviews)); "Bad management and quite bureaucratic" ((in 757 reviews)); "Frequent Reorganizations & Layoffs – Business shifts can lead to team changes or job instability." ((in 591 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 567 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 300 reviews))

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4.3

92% would recommend to a friend

(86 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

80% approve of CEO

90% positive business outlook

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4.8

Compensation and benefits

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.9

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Engineering Manager employees have rated Google with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 86 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Engineering Manager professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Engineering Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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86 reviews

5.0

Dec 28, 2011

Truly a unique company

Engineering manager

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Pros

High concentration of smart + great people. Employees empowered to change the word in the good way. Full compensation package (base salary + bonus + stock + perks) is great and not easy to beat IMO, People who criticize it must have not done the math right and/or are performing poorly.

Cons

Career growth is somewhat difficult for non standard profiles (i.e. not Software Engineers or Site Reliability Engineers). Managers need to be good to get their reports promoted. Being on the "right" project (aka high impact with high visibility) does affect substantially career growth.

5.0

Jun 28, 2008

Google - is the top search result for the best job!! Definitely feeling lucky!

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, great benefits, company has a can do attitude. The company truly tries to do no evil seen it from the inside. Absolutely the best perks one can imagine. In house doctors, free food (really gourmet food), great technology and truly encourages innovation. People are in general respectful and work well together.

Cons

Sometimes bright people will complicate a simple problem and go into unnecessary complexity for speculative imagined reasons. Which is not desirable, makes systems unnecessarily complex. Management needs to put a roadmap before the engineer otherwise the rocket scientist engineer will starts to make the simple piece a complete rocket, which forever will need rocket scientists to maintain. Sometimes people forget the true genius is in embracing complexity only where it is needed.

5.0

Jun 12, 2008

Great for world-shattering innovators, could be better for other indispensable employee roles

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Pros

Interacting all the time with brilliant colleagues of high integrity and drive; strong push to innovate and change the world; excellent compensation and benefits; high openness and plenty of communication from senior management about all kind of company-strategy related issues, with lots of trust towards each and every employee.

Cons

Very hard to get promoted further from senior levels without world-shattering achievements (as there are few rungs on the career ladder); not much recognition for the indispensable jobs of maintenance and keeping things running smoothly (only drastic, revolutionary innovation is truly recognized and amply rewarded); too much love of risk-taking, too little budget control and financial discipline.

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