Google Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(1,570 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

64% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,570 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Aug 9, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of oppurtunities to explore and learn. Especially in the AI transition phase.

Cons

High pressure to showcase productivity using AI or not AI, not much focus on quality. Too aggressive to meet market demand especially in cloud.

4.0
Aug 8, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Good work life balance (to some extent) 2. Good office and perks (although it becomes quite boring after 6 months) 3. Coworkers are still generally okaish, but the quality is degrading quite fast.

Cons

1. Too much politics and corporate bureaucracy. 2. Weird attendance policy. Enforcing in office presence for no reason even if your team or manager don't require it. 3. Severe lack of long term vision by the Execs. 4. Rapidly declining standards both in the quality of work and your coworkers. 5. Too much reorgs and silent layoffs consistently.

5.0
Aug 7, 2025

Great!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good work and culture

Cons

nothing as of now..everything is good.

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