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      Google Software Engineer III reviews

      4.2

      94% would recommend to a friend

      (185 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      59% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

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      Software Engineer III employees have rated Google with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 185 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer III professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer III professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      185 reviews
      3.0
      Jan 25, 2023

      not perfect

      Software engineer iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great salary - Nice accommodations in office like cafes, snacks, gyms, and nice architechture - Free stuff and modern desktops/laptops with a support team - Lots of internal discussion boards about nerd stuff

      Cons

      - Endless treadmill of stress and wishful thinking - My feedback to parts of Google outside of my team, such as YouTube, was systematically ignored - Google has thousands of ways to coerce its users, especially the tech-illiterate, to fork over rights to their personal information without understanding the consequences (personalized ads, location history, notification preferences...) . I realized this before accepting the offer but I wanted the money. - If you're an engineer you have to learn dozens of proprietary technologies which aren't magically better than anything open source just because Googlers made them, and then you get to throw away all of that knowledge when you leave - Google might just cancel your project at any time

      5.0
      Jan 25, 2023

      Team matters above all

      Software engineer iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Due to the size of Google, every point is contingent on the team/management chain. * Great WLB: Flexibility with doc's appt. when needed, never working more than 40 hours unless trying to go for promo * Great benefits and perks * Great compensation: Base salary, RSUs, 401k 50% match, etc.

      Cons

      * Tiny cog in a machine. Impact is marginal at best. Entire projects/teams can be canceled or re-orged on short notice. Diminishes attachment to work. * Climbing the ladder can be ambiguous. Unclear how best to spend time; what projects to work on.

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