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 4221 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3704 reviews)); "It was a great environment and culture that I looked forward to going to every day." ((in 3467 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2658 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2351 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 818 reviews)); "bad management and rude to customers" ((in 747 reviews)); "Frequent Reorganizations & Layoffs – Business shifts can lead to team changes or job instability." ((in 574 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 556 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 296 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.

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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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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 48,474 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

3.0

Mar 7, 2020

Poor management outweighs the perks

Senior software engineer

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Pros

1) Food and gyms. 2) Great infrastructure to do incredible things fast. 3) Certain colleagues are incredibly smart and talented.

Cons

1) Work life balance, i.e. none. 2) Terrible bosses, some using intimidation and public humiliation to get their way, others completely overwhelmed by the difference between being a former IC and being a manager. 3) Lots of infighting and politics getting not only in the way of your well-being but more importantly in the way of projects.

2.0

Jan 20, 2020

Extreme down-leveling on hire, zero growth prospects

Site reliability engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Even though Google is quickly loosing the shine, the company is still full of great people that were attracted here when Google was the best employer.

Cons

No growth prospects, your Manager will only keep telling you how amazing you are. If you are OK with this you might get promoted from Junior to Mid position in ~3 years, and from Mid to Senior in ~5 years. But you will be completely unemployable outside of Google after that.

1.0

Jan 15, 2020

Google Cloud: Luna Park for Adults

Inside sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, free gym, good salary, product knowledge, huge exposure through events arranged by the company, that allow to get in touch with thousands customers of several industries

Cons

Nobody takes seriously the job, poor training and management, zero collaboration and professionality, all talk and no action.

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