Google Software Developer reviews

4.4

88% would recommend to a friend

(9,634 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 9,634 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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5.0
Apr 10, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Incredible work environment, fast pace, interesting work topics, interesting project, employee involvement, flat management structure, good benefit, incredible free food

Cons

Agressive schedule, ad hoc review process, ad hoc communications and organizations, distractive and non focused planning, not goal oriented, not into profit

2.0
Mar 22, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many interesting office locations, you can be a software engineer in Paris, Sydney, New York City, or elsewhere. Good Benefits. Reasonable compensation.

Cons

Google has become just another big software company (like Microsoft or Amazon). The Kirkland office feels like Microsoft or Amazon depending on where your Google Director originally was recruited from.

5.0
Mar 7, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Food is great, hours are flexible and the project is very interesting. It's really great to work with many extremely smart and highly skilled people.

Cons

Well, we have some first world problems. I don't see mountains from my window. And sometimes there is no flavorless cottage cheese and I need to eat onion one, which I don't like.

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