Land of opportunities, great perks, amazing package but zero work life balance
Pros
I work in Sales at the EU HQ. There's plenty of pros to call out: - great learning and development opportunities, 1st class training - on the big scale: diverse culture and and an environment that's thriving on that - salary, bonuses and all other perks like free food - events, both professional and fun
Cons
- Work is never ending. Literally, you can't finish anything as the pace is so fast by the time you get something done surely there's 3 other things waiting on your to do list. - Hence, long hrs and really bad work life balance. Everyone is super competitive at Google so if you don't want to be left behind you need to match the pace and that means constantly going above and beyond. Management just says you shouldn't be working outside hrs and prioritize but they don't want to go into the reality of it and go with a head-down approach.... In addition when it comes to recognition and promotion obviously they build on this type of performance as benchmark so you are screwed if you try to actually have a life. - Flexibility is a myth... some teams are better than other's but most cases you either don't have time to enjoy perks like going to the gym, getting a massage or you are frowned upon if you do. Not to mention work hr flexibility or working from home, big no no's.
