Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,440 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,440 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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48K reviews
1.0
Sep 16, 2013
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Pros

The job is good, food is good, money is okay. It is a great place to start your career since the company is so reputable.

Cons

The competition for the job is extremely intense. You will get some very tough interview questions, but as long as you get through those interviews you are okay

2.0
May 24, 2013
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Pros

- Free food - Shuttles - Smart people - Flexible hours - 20% time

Cons

- Food didn't taste that great - Long hours - Shuttles crowded - Good luck finding those smart people - Good luck getting 20% time - No freedom to move around to new teams, promotions difficult - Many employees were extremely weird, even for me - Dreary, depressing campus where everyone seemed unhappy and worried about being seen as stupid. Literally, the place was filled with insecure people that took every opportunity to make themselves feel smarter than everyone. I was singled out and harassed everyday for reasons unknown to me. I was followed around, and whenever I tried to work my co-workers would comment on the code I was writing as I wrote it (or whatever else would throw me off and prevent me from being able to concentrate). They also took workplace monitoring to a new extreme, because it seemed as though everyone around me could access my computer, see what I was doing, and cause my computer to lock up. I was constantly pushed to interact with my co-workers and to ask questions, but each question asked was met with a non-answer and a dismissive attitude as though they were worried I'd use the answer to show them up. At the end of the day it was just a job as the culture was not as advertised.

5.0
May 2, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Google has structured itself well to resist becoming 'evil' as it grows. That's not to say it doesn't - but it takes hold a lot slower than at other companies our size. There's a lot of importance placed on transparency, accountability, and technical acumen by the average employee.

Cons

While everyone is allowed to question the company's decisions, senior management are getting better at dodging them. Making a career for yourself can be very difficult unless you are exceedingly brilliant. There are a lot of very, very smart people here.

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