Google reviews

In the sales organization, there is a pervading sense of hopelessness. Almost everyone knows that there is no true hope for career advancement. In fact, there is not even a concrete career path for most in the organization. Management in the sales organization is poor, with an influx of MBA managers coming in and trying to dictate how to run the organization without much background or knowledge of how the department works. Morale is at an all-time low within the sales org, with employees frustrated that they've hit the invisible but definite glass ceiling for promotions. One of the biggest problems in the sales org is that Google hires the best and brightest -- from the Ivies and other name-brand schools -- and gives them a job to do that high school graduates alone could perform. This leaves a bunch of smart and disillusioned employees wondering how they entered the organization in the first place. Finally, but quite importantly, it's crystal clear to all Googlers that the company values the engineering side of the company and treats non-engineering employees like second-class citizens.

Google is starting to feel like a big company. The number of times org charts appear in meetings is constantly increasing. There is a growing necessity to deal with politics in order to promote projects and get recognition. It is getting harder to innovate in the core parts of the business.