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

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
5.0
May 20, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Terrific people, interesting and challenging problems to work on, with amazing collaborators at every level, high impact (huge numbers of users), wonderful work environment (food, space, lack of bureaucracy), awesome to be able to get help with whatever on a mailing list at practically any time of day or night.

Cons

C++ can be a pain (coming from lisp). It's good and bad that code changes so quickly that much of what one learns become rapidly obsolete -- and there's a gargantuan amount to learn, so one feels pretty inept for the first few months or more. Then again, it means things get better quickly when broken.

4.0
May 21, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- The environment is casual yet competitive. - You get an opportunity to work with smart people and work on great technology

Cons

The organization is flat. Which also means that there is little room to grow. Too much free food.. can't be good.

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