Google Site Reliability Engineer reviews

4.5

89% would recommend to a friend

(137 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

79% approve of CEO

94% positive business outlook

Site Reliability Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 137 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Site Reliability Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Site Reliability Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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137 reviews
5.0
Jun 11, 2008
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Pros

If you are an engineer, it's wonderful. The place is built by engineers, for engineers. The company's rules, structure and processes usually make sense, and when when they don't, anyone can fix them, if they can get enough people to reach a consensus. Promotions sometimes seem very difficult - but well earned, and very fair.

Cons

They don't suffer fools. If you move into an area that is not your strength, you can be penalised - a move from engineering to project management might take someone six months to get up to speed. In that time, they may be given only "adequate" performance reviews. All companies have 'dull jobs' that are hard to automate. Google only hire 'best and brightest', which means some people can be really bored.

5.0
Jun 1, 2008
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Pros

I like working at Google as an SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) because it is a job that combines my skills as a professional software engineer and self-taught system administrator. The work I do is quite varied so I don't get bored doing the same thing over and over like I have done at other companies. Since Google is a well-established corporation they can afford to provide some of the best benefits that other companies can't/don't provide. Unlike startups, you don't have to worry about the company going belly-up nor do you have to work unreasonable hours. We have free food in the form of many cafes all over the area each with a varied menu of foods. There's even a concern program that allows employees to call certain specialists for free advice -- e.g. you can ask a lawyer for some legal advice or talk to a therapist, amongst other services. The company even offers up to 3 months of paid medical leave.. Aside from benefits, job security, and exciting projects, everyone there is very intelligent and good peers/team-mates are essential in any corporation.

Cons

Large corporations have a certain bureaucracy and more red tape than startups, naturally. Promotions at Google require either someone to nominate you (rare) or self-nomination during regular performance review cycles. Performance review cycles are a big pain and context interrupt. Many share this view though it is believed to be a necessary evil.

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