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      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,458 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      83% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

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      Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,458 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      48K reviews
      2.0
      May 19, 2016

      Glass houses

      People operations
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The only pro I can think of from my time there was the perks.

      Cons

      Perks keep you from realizing how toxic the environment can be and noticing the lack of career opportunities. This would be different in the MTV office, but that would require 3 hours of commuting a day. So, unless you're an engineer, your only real opportunities exist in MTV. The Austin office's culture is particularly negative, cutthroat, and hostile to women and minorities, as most tech companies are. Management rewards only people they personally like and hang out with. Deviant personalities are punished in the form of stagnation.

      4.0
      Feb 12, 2016

      Frustrating for talented, ambitious people

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people (generally smart, friendly, and hard-working) Great environment Sane management Best practices Excellent comp and benefits Interesting work projects (although very team dependent) Good work-life balance

      Cons

      Lack of opportunity for senior talent (staff and above) to really make a dent in the organization. This, coupled with the very slow promo process (1.5 years / level) and Google's tendency to downlevel on hire can be very frustrating. To some extent, I felt like I had to simply wait for leadership to retire or play the political game to get much further in my career. Director-level and above can be super political in many PAs. Starting and launching new projects is very challenging at Google.

      4.0
      Feb 8, 2016

      ITRP Program

      Techstop connect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Getting to work for Google. Great culture outside of the ITRP program.

      Cons

      They will lie to recruit you, and promise training, ops roations, and learning opportunities that never happen.

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