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      Google Senior Software Developer reviews

      4.3

      89% would recommend to a friend

      (1,543 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      64% approve of CEO

      78% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Compensation and benefits

      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      Senior Software Developer employees have rated Google with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,543 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      2K reviews
      5.0
      Dec 16, 2009

      I was very satisfied.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      (1) awesome technologiy (2) Wonderful coworkers (3) Very open and encouraging work environment (4) Last but certainly not least, the great food.

      Cons

      Your career growth might not be as quick as you expect.

      5.0
      Dec 5, 2009

      Frankly, I can't imagine myself working anywhere else, now that I know this place.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      First of all: I have an infinite respect for the founders, their ethics, the kind of culture they infused in the company and the continuous (positive) influence that they have on how it's operated. I also admire deeply Eric Schmidt, both as a motivator and as the provider of a very strong vision and leadership. The openness, the infinite possibilities for feedback, and the attitude to listening to that feedback and try to convert it in meliorative actions is something that makes me think I wouldn't work anywhere else. Of course no company is perfect, but frankly I have a hard time trying to imagine a company working better than this one, at least for what concerns employee lifestyle, work-life balance, career possibilities, open communication, etc.

      Cons

      Sometimes it seems that the company loses sight of some of its activities, which results in duplication and scarce integration of efforts. Also, not everything is "interesting cutting edge technological work", at Google: sometimes very smart people have to do very boring jobs, because the areas that bring the higher income are also the most established, less innovative and most "traditional", in terms of what kind of work activities they need.

      4.0
      Oct 29, 2009

      Basically happy, though not a startup any more

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Technical resources - Benefits and Perks - Huge number of interesting projects - Smart coworkers - Freedom to manage your own work

      Cons

      Google is now a very big company, and decisions involve a lot of people -- some times it's hard to get things done even if they seem simple.

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