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      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,509 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      83% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

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      Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,509 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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      49K reviews
      5.0
      Apr 24, 2012

      Fantastic

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Provide meals for free for lunch.

      Cons

      Too big to be flexible

      4.0
      Apr 22, 2012

      fun, intellectual, but turning into a huge company

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      intellectual, interesting things to work on, good pay, respectful colleagues, high prestige, decent work to life balance, managers are technically v. strong.

      Cons

      Not all managers know how to manage humans, search quality is very political, lack of company focus, turning into a hierarchical company.

      5.0
      Apr 22, 2012

      Awesome place to work; smart people, amazing technology, great projects.

      Software engineer iv
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Work with the best and brightest -- in over a year I've yet to meet anyone who isn't bright and highly competent. - Open culture and supportive management at all levels. I had some recent challenges in my family life and was told by my manager to take whatever time I needed, even if it was weeks. - Work on projects that seriously have the chance to change the world. - Great perks, including free breakfast and lunch daily, and the food is gourmet-quality. - Wonderful office environment (other than not having private offices). Boulder boasts a climbing wall, fitness center, showers (with towel service!), stage with instruments where employees have impromptu jam sessions, foosball, shuffleboard, pool, video games, relaxation room, massage room... it goes on and on.

      Cons

      - Like most development jobs, the company will take all the hours you want to give (the flip side is that I've never been asked to work more than 40, nor has it been implied I should). - Whatever tools you may have learned elsewhere, you won't use them at Google, because Google has it's own implementations of everything. - A follow-on to the last point, if you leave Google and try to join an employer who is looking for skills in specific tools, they won't be the tools you used at Google. That said, it's hard to think having "Google" on your resume won't more than compensate.

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