Google Software Engineer IV reviews

3.8

95% would recommend to a friend

(10 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

26% approve of CEO

95% positive business outlook

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10 reviews
1.0
Jan 3, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free food and decent work life balance

Cons

Initial software onboarding is an entire month that doesn't teach you what you need for your role. The team I ended up on is pretty toxic with everyone either trying to climb the ladder or completely checked out. Nobody is willing to help teach anything and there is no documentation to learn. Most of my team has left and I haven't had a manager for half the time I've been here. I don't know if anyone knows I exist and I'm not sure what I should be working on. I've never had a job like this and I can't wait for my one year to be over so I can leave

2.0
Aug 5, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cushy job, good work/life balance, great coworkers (I still miss them), proactive & helpful managers

Cons

Takes forever to get anything done. Promotions are really difficult - requires pparticipation in knife-fights over headcount and prioritization to get your projects moving. Upper management are a truly awful bunch and I hated making money for them.

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