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      Google Senior Software Engineer reviews

      4.3

      89% would recommend to a friend

      (1,547 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      63% approve of CEO

      78% positive business outlook

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      Senior Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,547 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      2K reviews
      4.0
      Jul 8, 2014

      Yes, it really is a great place to work!

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fantastic benefits. A culture that motivates a strong work ethic. Access to some of the worlds best leaders in areas of machine learning and large scale data algorithms.

      Cons

      Not as much freedom to innovate as one might expect. The quarterly review cycle tends to throw out the idea of trying for a longer term vision.

      5.0
      Jun 20, 2014

      Amazing company!!!

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I have something to compare with. This is the place where you can spend life working on interesting problems, and picking the team where you want to work.

      Cons

      None. I mean it. It is a corporation now, but still most of the things are very very reasonable

      3.0
      Jun 7, 2014

      Good work, great perks but performance reviews are a joke

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Perks are great and salaries are competitive. You get to work with very talented people and learn a lot. It rarely gets boring. Working hours are very flexible. Its still a engineering driven company, so great place for engineers.

      Cons

      Long working hours are a norm, work/life balance is not encouraged. Career growth at higher levels is hard if you are not in US. The performance review process is very complicated and almost a game that you need to learn to play. Its not just about what you did, and how important it was, but there are 20 other dimensions by which the work is evaluated which no one understands in the end. They claim its fair, but compared to other companies I have seen its not.

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