Is Google a good company to work for as a Software Engineer (Swe II)?

Software Engineer (Swe II) professionals working at Google have rated their employer with 4.5 out of 5 stars in 592 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Google employees being 4.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer (Swe II) Jobs at Google now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer (Swe II) interview questions at Google .

Does Google pay Software Engineer (Swe II) employees well?

Software Engineer (Swe II) professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Google with 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 592 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 4.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer (Swe II) salaries at Google.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Google?

Software Engineer (10497) , Senior Software Engineer (1603) , Intern (1232) , Software Developer (1218) , Account Manager (845) , Product Manager (795) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (767) , Analyst (755) , Program Manager (625) , Project Manager (609) , SWE Intern (545) , Data Scientist (514) , Internship (501) , 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 4199 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3709 reviews)); "It was a great environment and culture that I looked forward to going to every day." ((in 3451 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2676 reviews)); "Would recommend Software Engineering/Development/PM at Google if you want a nice comfy job with perks and good pay." ((in 2341 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 819 reviews)); "Bad management and quite bureaucratic" ((in 744 reviews)); "Recent layoffs (I've not been impacted) have felt really sad to experience." ((in 574 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 564 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 304 reviews))

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4.5

97% would recommend to a friend

(592 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

81% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

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4.7

Compensation and benefits

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.5

Career opportunities

4.1

Senior management

Software Engineer (Swe II) employees have rated Google with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 592 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer (Swe II) professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer (Swe II) professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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592 reviews

5.0

Feb 6, 2018

Bare Bones Review

Swe

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Pros

Good salary and benefits. Google has an unwritten ethos to make the world a better place - not just "Don't be evil" - and that feeling is shared by most employees, who will complain to management if they feel that isn't happening in the context of some new decision.

Cons

Getting large, so it's hard to make a big positive impact

4.0

Mar 12, 2017

SWE FTE

Swe

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

smart peers; decent problems to solve; loads to learn; decent compensation; good perks

Cons

though there are ton of good problems to solve in good projects, the good work is reserved for L5+ engineers as they need complex work to get promoted managers assign responsibilities based on what is required to ensure people get promoted to next level and not because they are interested in solving the problem or they have the ability to solve the problem; you have to make your manager happy to get good work; the promotion process is totally crap people do the wrong things to get promoted; people don't do the right thing because it won't help with promotion; some people become people manager just to grow and not because they are interested in managing people

5.0

Jan 17, 2017

Very cool environment

Swe intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

very nice environment, like a college campus

Cons

very large company, hard to figure out the big picture

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