Google Software Engineer reviews

4.4

88% would recommend to a friend

(9,699 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 9,699 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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4.0
May 1, 2009
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Pros

Great benefits, working at a company everyone respects and says "wow" to, getting to help build the products that really are changing the world. The hours are reasonable, you are treated as a human being and respected as an engineer, and the on-site breakfast lunch and dinner are unmatched anywhere. Luckily google makes their billions using only a small fraction of their total workforce, leaving lots of capital available to dedicate resources to other projects that aren't purely motivated by short-term profits (but rather those that help build press for the organization and are theoretically interesting and innovative at the same time). Tech-talks about a whole range of topics not strictly required for you to carry out your job responsibilities but just for your general education are a huge plus. Google employs some of the most innovative thinkers and builders of our time.

Cons

Very large organization. Seemed to provide fewer job advancement opportunities than I was looking for. Little project ownership (feature ownership perhaps, but typically the project involves many many people). In my case, the project had three different managers who worked out of two different offices, leading to lots of confusion.

4.0
Apr 29, 2009
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Pros

You work with really smart and down-to-earth technical people on projects that have direct and visible impact to the world.

Cons

It has grown so big that it has lost some of its culture. Career advancement is now the slow slough in any big multinational company. And late-comers might envy the people who joined earlier who got more opportunities to advance.

3.0
Apr 9, 2009
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Pros

alot of smart people. Every person I meet in google is smart. Lots of perks. Basically everything you need to live at google (which can be a bad thing).

Cons

since there is alot of smart people, means that it's hard to stand out. Also, as they are smart, it means that many are also arrogant. it's not that easy to advance your career here. The "big company" culture is starting to take hold in this company (e.g. lots of politics and good talent leaving). Many bad managers that became managers because they were early employees. Pay is low compared to other silicon valley companies.

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