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4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,446 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 48,446 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
3.0
Mar 10, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

More often than not you get to work with smart, good people on hard, interesting problems. People are united by a purposeful and enduring mission - to make the world's information universally accessible and useful.

Cons

All the bureaucracy of a large company but with none of the tops down guidance. A formerly bottoms up culture of empowerment has devolved into every decision being clouded by a near paralyzing fear of failure. Internal politics are at an all time high and the culture is in rapid decline.

1.0
Dec 21, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is good, and the food is decent. Does not make up for the toxic environment.

Cons

Ever since the 2023 layoffs, moral hit a depressing low that management is oblivious to. Quiet layoffs happen every month, and people ops (HR) quickly takes action against anyone talking about it on LinkedIn. Every L7 and L8 has their own silo and teams no longer have direction nor shared goals. Security firm Mandiant was purchased in 2022. Lots of us were let go shortly afterwards, and now Mandiant are the ones getting laid off. Toxic place. Bad moral. Will be looking elsewhere for sure.

3.0
Oct 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Flexible work location - Close location to train - Flex day for upskilling

Cons

- Promotion seems to be more based on personal relationship with management than recognition of ability . - A lot of internal bullying, management turns a blind eye to it. - By far the most unprofessional behaviour I have experienced in general. - Salary is not competitive - VHI health plan is mediocre when compared to other corporations - Far too much bureaucracy and is only getting worse - lazy colleagues

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