Google Software Engineering reviews

4.6

99% would recommend to a friend

(29 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

89% approve of CEO

96% positive business outlook

Software Engineering employees have rated Google with 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineering professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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29 reviews
4.0
Dec 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a fast-paced environment where employees have a good deal of flexibility on projects they want to work on. Everyone was friendly and welcoming. It seemed like there was a good work-life balance throughout the organization. One thing that was clear was that senior management significantly valued their employees and took every step to take care of them. For example, there were free breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. During the summer, we were taken on a beach trip to Santa Cruz. Overall, it was a fun work environment.

Cons

Google is a very engineering-driven organization. At times, it seems like there are a multitude of different projects going on with very limited business coordination.

4.0
Dec 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone knows they have great benefits, but apart from that they also have an amazing amount of resources, excellent process guidelines, and great information sources to improve in your work. The people are really talented, and most are willing to help you. If you land in a good group you'll have a dream job. If not, you'll be stuck in a regular job, but it will still have a lot of great things attached to it, so how is it worse or different than other jobs? The food is as great or better than what people say about it. The weather in Mountain View also helps.

Cons

People really do feel entitled. I've seen some of the pettiest, most childish and selfish behavior from Googlers. Of course they're not all like that, but it can get embarrassing to watch. Also, some groups really do behave like a bunch of college freshmen or even pre-schoolers. For people who have a few more years of experience, I doubt they will find this to be a comfortable work environment. Some people really do consider themselves to be superior to others just because they work there.

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