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      Google Software Developer reviews

      4.4

      88% would recommend to a friend

      (9,638 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      83% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.5

      Compensation and benefits

      4.4

      Culture & values

      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      4.3

      Career opportunities

      4.0

      Senior management

      Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 9,638 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      10K reviews
      4.0
      Jan 22, 2013

      Great place to acquire skills and social circle for starting your own business

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great insight into the high-quality software development process. First class experience in the design of the reliable and robust cloud services. Smart and creative coworkers.

      Cons

      Poor career growth opportunities: 1) too few steps in the career ladder; 2) convoluted promotion process. As the company is instantly growing, problems in the inter team communication become more visible. Technologies used inside Google in the wide majority of cases are not available externally.

      3.0
      Jan 7, 2013

      Good for new grads

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary and benefits are some of the best around. Most departments respect work/life balance. Internal mobility is good. Overall skill level of peers is very high.

      Cons

      Nothing that happens or has ever happened in software engineering is interesting, relevant, or good unless it happened at Google. Prior experience in barbarian companies is considered irrelevant or harmful. Groupthink and NIH syndrome lead to some daft decisions that are considered holy and irrevocable within the company.

      4.0
      Dec 30, 2012

      A Good Place to work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Google has a very good culture. Management is very open with employees and information flows from top to bottom continuously. Google has a lot of learning opportunities. A lot of authors and researchers come to present their work and give talks to employees. Benefits are good.

      Cons

      The main campus is very crowded. People share either large cubicles or work in open space so it is very easy to get distracted specially when a group of people have a discussion or someone speaks on the phone. It can also be hard to find a good place make a personal phone call.

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