Google Software Engineer reviews

4.4

88% would recommend to a friend

(9,705 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Software Engineer, employees have rated Google with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 9,705 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer, professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer, professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Sep 23, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging work environment, you get to learn a lot, especially in the beginning, huge scale of the projects, incredibly smart people, cool office space, perks (stock option and bonuses) and (healthy and yummy!) food. Variety of domains and products, you can always find something for yourself if you decide to change the project.

Cons

Difficult to get a promotion (you may get frustrated after a while), often have to work late, working from home is rarely an option, not so many career opportunities outside Mountain View, the most interesting projects are focused there.

5.0
Sep 15, 2012

Amazing Company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Comfortable working environment, good culture.

Cons

Very Good company, no negative sides.

5.0
Sep 15, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Google has a lot of smart and nice people to work with. People work collaboratively. The company has many great benefits. It just feels like the company has hired the best people to work on all the benefits (401k, fitness, food, etc etc) as well.

Cons

Things can move very fast at Google, which means it can be somewhat stressed. It depends on the projects you work on, though.

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