Google Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.3

90% would recommend to a friend

(1,570 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

63% 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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5.0
Mar 26, 2016

Great company

Recommend
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Pros

Lives up to the hype. Super smart people. Awesome perks. Pays well. As an engineer, lots of choices - can switch teams and offices with relative ease.

Cons

No one is perfect. No company is perfect. There are great people and there are jerks. There are great managers and a bunch of not-so-great ones. If you go in thinking this is some utopia that doesn't have politics and bureaucracy, you'll get disillusioned really fast. And it's a company full of overachievers, so it's hard to maintain work-life balance if you want to keep up with your peers - unless you explicitly force yourself to only work a certain amount.

5.0
Mar 17, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Incredibly smart coworkers, best tools I've ever used, silly offices, free food, one project can affect millions of people and dollars.

Cons

Imposter syndrome. For me, long commute. Twenty percent time is hard to make time for. The delicious food will make you fat.

5.0
Mar 12, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

+ Awesome projects + Lots of learning + Great coworkers

Cons

- Size of the company is huge, so don't expect startup culture.

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