Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,390 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,390 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Google employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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48K reviews
4.0
May 1, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a company with a conscience, and the dilbert-esque moments are rarer than at other companies. Plus the food is *amazing* (at least in the larger offices)

Cons

Long hours, high stress. Depending on which part of the organization you are in, expectations can be wildly different for the same job level, and promotion is a very tricky path and done by committee, and decisions from them seem arbitrary and hard to justify. It seems to have become an unwritten rule that not seeking promotion over a 2-3 year period is unacceptable.

5.0
Apr 29, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

fast paced environment, opportunities to learn, super smart and nice coworkers, free food

Cons

getting increasingly political, some benefits are getting cut off

4.0
Apr 29, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Your colleagues. More than anything else, I really enjoy working somewhere where I can rely on not just the competence but as importantly the friendliness and general willingness to pitch in, of my colleagues. It is also lovely to work somewhere that genuinely does seem to try and do the right thing. (That sounds like schmaltz but it is true).

Cons

It feels like it's tending to become more bureaucratic. Nothing like on the scale of my last job, but still not what I expected when I joined. "Gut feel" and intuition are far outweighed by numbers. That's not necessarily a downside, but it does mean you are restricted to only making certain kinds of arguments if you wish your recommendations to be taken seriously, and this style doesn't necessarily suit everyone.

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