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      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,348 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      82% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

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      4.5

      Compensation and benefits

      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Senior management

      Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,348 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
      5.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Google - dream job for the right kinds of engineers

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work with many of the brightest people on some of the most challenging problems. See your efforts noticed in the media and in the lives of your friends and family every day. Engineering at Google is, more than ever, a dream job for the right people. Think really really big! There are terrifyingly few limits to what you can do here.

      Cons

      Competing with many of the brightest people can be frustrating. You will not be "the expert" on more than one topic no matter how smart you are. Google is a big globally distributed company and we have not yet solved all the problems that follow from that.

      5.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Geek Paradise

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Getting a chance to work on the world's largest distributed system. Obviously the company is very focused on employee satisfaction. It's a total geek paradise, with everyone trying to out geek each other.

      Cons

      A very flat management structure is a double edged sword, with all the good and bad you can imagine. Google also has a problem getting rid of the people who shouldn't be there, although it is getting better at it. The geek paradise can result in people doing things just to prove they are smart. The biggest complaint I've heard from people are code reviews that get held up because you didn't use some clever idea that some reviewer comes up with at the review.

      4.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Amazing experience - yes Google is that cool!!!

      Technical recruiter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart people, extremely diverse culture, open environment for creativity... a model for a lot of companies. Technically very advanced - start of the art equipment and the best social activities that make you proud to be there.

      Cons

      It's a monster, flat organization doesn't allow for much advancement.

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