Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,365 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

82% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,365 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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1.0
Jun 20, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Looks really good on a resume - Great pay

Cons

- No sense of mission (last time I saw Google actively "focusing on users" was 2010) - Little opportunity for career growth. The project you work on is the most important (only?) factor in promotion. And most projects/teams are dead ends -

2.0
Mar 30, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Google brand and innovation. Super smart colleagues, young, collaborative, and very fast-paced. Powerful sales tools at your disposal to sell ads. Benefits: free 5 star food, high spec gym, free massage, incredible offices, and personal benefits too. You really feel part of a bigger cause at Google and a sense of pride.

Cons

Lack of work-life balance in new business for Ads. Aggressive numbers-oriented sales environment. EMEA New business for ads is churn and burn environment. Sales policies that stop you from selling. Saturated market.

1.0
Aug 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

- Perks: free food, free gym, nice offices, massage chairs, bikes. - People: you meet a lot of smart and interesting people at Google. Great for networking. - Pay/hours: the pay is great and the hours are very reasonable (despite the long commute). - Resume title: it's Google. People find it impressive.

Cons

- Limited perks: I get that TVCs can't have the same perks as FTE, but as a TVC you are constantly reminded of your lack of privilege by both Google and your peers. True story: as a designer at Google, I once had to design a t-shirt for a team outing I could not attend (because of my TVC status) and then I wasn't given a t-shirt (despite having designed it) because swag is a FTE perk only. Really guys? - People: depending on the team you get, people are extremely cliquey and treat TVCs like second-class citizens / borderline work slaves. I have been disrespected and downright mistreated many times at Google. - Growth: as a TVC you do not get to have growth and management does not care about it. - Work: the work is boring and repetitive. I was hired to do a job that sounded interesting, exciting, and creative. I ended up getting a series of the same tasks because that's what my team needed from me. Despite having asked for different projects and complained about being burned out, I am still asked to perform the same tasks. - Design: as a contract designer, you will not get any portfolio-worthy projects. I know many contract designers at Google and they all feel the exact same way that I do. We feel like the help and it's awful.

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