Google Software Engineer (Site Reliability) reviews

4.6

91% would recommend to a friend

(137 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

94% positive business outlook

Site Reliability Engineer Software Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 137 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Site Reliability Engineer Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Site Reliability Engineer Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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137 reviews
5.0
Dec 10, 2016
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Pros

Great place to work. If you have a good manager (and most of the SRE managers in Zurich ARE good), you'll always find a way to remain engaged ad grow.

Cons

it's a big company requires process- and people-oriented skills, more than just results-oriented enthusiasm to succeed. As an SRE, you use mostly home grown tools and technologies: it's easy to loose touch with the rest of the world. Working at Google is a tradeoff between tactical skills and strategic experience.

5.0
Oct 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

* Great (friendly, smart and experienced) co-workers. * Big scale and thus interesting challenges. * Perks and benefits. * Somewhat bigger transparency in its internal politics. You can publicly criticize decision made even at high level. * Moving between teams is easy including into offices in other countries and cities.

Cons

* It is a corporation, so while it’s better than many, don’t expect rainbows without some rain. * If you don’t watch out, you can get sucked in and sacrifice work/life balance. You typically won’t be asked to do that though.

5.0
Jul 24, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting problems at Google scale. Great, smart work colleges. My team is small and focused. Great benefits.

Cons

Google is a large company and occasionally the bureaucracy that comes with this seeps through to my work.

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