Does Google pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Google employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Google. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Google?

87% of Google employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Google 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Google?

Software Engineer (10495) , Senior Software Engineer (1602) , Intern (1232) , Software Developer (1218) , Account Manager (845) , Product Manager (795) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (767) , Analyst (756) , Program Manager (625) , Project Manager (609) , SWE Intern (543) , Data Scientist (514) , Internship (500) , Software Engineer(Internship) (496) , Manager (482)

What are the pros of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"My teammates were really great people and did a lot to help me get up and running."" ((in 4201 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3740 reviews)); "It was a great environment and culture that I looked forward to going to every day." ((in 3438 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2654 reviews)); "Would recommend Software Engineering/Development/PM at Google if you want a nice comfy job with perks and good pay." ((in 2329 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and lots to learn if you are not a learner it might not be the best place" ((in 837 reviews)); "Bad management and quite bureaucratic" ((in 734 reviews)); "recent layoffs and company culure" ((in 569 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 566 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 297 reviews))

What are employees saying about Google layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Google layoffs and their outlook for job security at Google in 2026.

Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,474 total reviews)

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 48,474 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

Nov 12, 2021

Many pros but some cons

User experience researcher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great perks, smart coworkers and interesting problems to solve.

Cons

Most positions in NYC are limited to cloud and ads. It’s easy to feel like you’re just a cog in a machine because it’s such a huge company. Your experience here is very manager dependent and I’ve had a fair share of terrible managers.

1.0

Apr 7, 2021

Technical Solutions Engineer means Support Tier 1

Technical solutions engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- food, perks and benefits - a good name on your CV

Cons

- Low salaries - Required working on weekend - High stressing role. You have to work constantly on multiple support tickets at the same time - too many calls to join during the day - working constantly with poor technical people - fake job description, please be honest with the candidates - toxic environment: it's never enough the target achieved

4.0

Feb 17, 2021

TSMC is better than google in Taiwan

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice enviroment and benefit in Taiwan office, every teammates have professional skill to condcut project.

Cons

The salary is lower than other local semiconductor company like tsmc or most ic design house, but still spent long time to work. Your salary level is based on your last job not your ability and professional skills. Google interview spent too musch time to prepare but TSMC only need one half-day to interview and give a better offer.

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