Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,550 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

82% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,550 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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49K reviews
5.0
Jul 23, 2017
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company with excellent products, high ethics, employee benefits, pay. Managers are rated on employee satisfaction, so pay attention to this. Coworkers are very smart, generally pleasant, and good to work with.

Cons

Very few cons. Mainly, it's getting a bit large, so it's hard to have a sense of how you are contributing. The promotion system is designed to be fair by having anonymous committees review written packets and you can self-nominate, but as a result the burden of proving you are promotable is extremely high. You (or your manager) really have to be focused on promotion, find and work on projects with the right demonstrable complexity and impact, and have extensive written documentation and peer statements to validate. The entire process can take years.

3.0
Jul 20, 2017
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work environment. Great People. Good perks.

Cons

Half of your salary is dedicated to your total employee compensation package. So the free food isn't really free. Your hopes of getting a promotion can change on a whim. Upper management is disconnected from the Data Center and have no clue or does not care about morale in this department. Many leads do not have a good work/life balance.

4.0
Jul 2, 2017

Golden Cage

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits: Great remuneration package, free food, paid insurance, generous share and bonus scheme; maternity/paternity leave etc. In general, you'll find amazingly talented pool of people to work with, flat organisational structure, collaborative environment. Geographical moves are easy and also encouraged within the company.

Cons

Highly competitive, overly metric driven, constant reorganisations and management changes making career development difficult. Career progression can be an issue if your manager is unsupportive, and may be limited depending on the location you're working in. Smaller offices have less career development opportunities. In sales, there is a strong 'me, myself and I' culture where you will need to position your achievements strategically to get ahead which can be tedious and tiresome.

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