Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,558 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 48,558 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
Nov 23, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Wonderful mission from the founders and leaders, which truly trickle down to every aspect of the company. Employees feel connected and included in the amazing contributions made from the entire Google workforce. You can tell that the founders truly do have idealistic notions that permeate the culture and create an atmosphere that is difficult to find and authentically recreate.

Cons

Depending on the department, bureaucracy can quite a problem. There were obvious ways to make things better, but the top leaders were either uninvolved and focused on other 'sexier' projects, or were never given the honest/critical information. Inefficiencies weren't fixed because teams and departments were built around how things worked (not optimally). This led to management pushing and trying to exceed targets in a non-optimal system, rather than trying to fix the system itself. Some employees were incentivized to get promotions by garnering attention, rather than improving and fixing real problems to improve the product and user's experience.

1.0
Aug 22, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

-There are occasionally some snacks in the MK, but they run out really quickly -You get decent pay for sitting around the downtown office most of the time -We have some cool events that can be fun to participate in -You get to meet a lot of people in the Austin community that you will run into multiple times -Great learning experience if you aren't the best at approaching/interacting with people-- you will be talking to people often

Cons

-Poor management -There is really weird politics on this team -Scheduling is HORRIBLE. There is absolutely no work/life balance: you get your schedule 3 days before you start working it for the week and there is no PTO since it is an hourly job -Management does not treat you well; there is little acknowledgment for great ideas and great performance -there is a uniform and it is not comfortable -there is no room for real growth: this is definitely an in between job -they say they are all about transparency, but there is actually VERY little transparency -This is not a 9-5, you will work weird hours and you will not have weekends off. Instead you will have a random Monday or Wednesday off and rarely a consecutive two days off -You will be penalized for requesting a weekend off, meaning that you will receive less hours This is the type of job you get when you just really need a job, but be prepared to be treated badly, disrespected, unappreciated, asked to do ridiculous things in bad weather conditions, etc.

5.0
Jun 11, 2015

The hype is true

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Googlers are charismatic Middle management is awesome Failures aren't individually blamed, usually seen as a problem with a system - not an individual Compensation is great Food is amazing TGIF is where it's at, Larry and Sergey are hilarious and the transparent info you get is awesome.

Cons

It's hard to learn the ropes: you're given a long leash and plenty of benefit of the doubt (if you screw something up) but there is sooo much to learn and the formal training isn't all that extensive (though, the training sessions are great). Being able to thrive in ambiguity is a must. You're expected to be autonomous, which is great, but it's tough to learn the ropes and when you're new, you want to perform well and make an impact. It's hard to do that at first. It's good to trust your management and team and do what you can. Have self confidence in your value and go find a way to contribute - even if it seems small or under the radar.

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