2.0
Dec 10, 2012
Frustrating, bureaucratic, impersonal
Former employee, more than 1 year
Los Angeles, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
You have awesome, competent coworkers. The challenges are huge and you have unique opportunities that are only available at Google. The compensation and benefits are excellent.
Cons
Blind allocation: Your initial assignment may have nothing to do with your interests or experience, and policy is that you must stay in that assignment for 18 months before you can transfer (though there are exceptions). Google's success makes it difficult to criticize; "How can we be doing it wrong if we're making this much money?"
