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      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,500 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      83% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Compensation and benefits

      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Senior management

      Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,500 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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      49K reviews
      4.0
      Feb 11, 2016

      Still a great, but needs to adapt to being big.

      Product marketing manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A lot of responsibility. Exciting. Fantastically smart, capable, and fun colleagues. Great salary and benefits. Lots of international travel. Entrepreneurial culture.

      Cons

      In general: a lot of people are slacking at the moment. They don't really care about what they're doing. Company lacks proper processes, accountability, and avoids conflict to the point that it languishes dangerously. Company doesn't take Marketing as seriously as it could. At worst you're a service for Product and Engineering teams, a.k.a. you make cool videos for *their* products. Lots of ambiguity. Marketing Org not well organized. Everything last minute.

      5.0
      Feb 7, 2016

      Technical Program Manager

      Technical program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Google is probably the best corporate environment to work in. A lot of opportunities to get exposed to things outside of your immediate job. Strong brand allows you to open many doors. Of course the perks have

      Cons

      Google is far from being a startup and it slowly becomes more and more corporate. Selecting a team and evaluating its culture before joining becomes more important to make sure your expectations match your team's.

      4.0
      Jan 24, 2016

      Good place to work

      Software engineer iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent pay and benefits (by far the best software engineering pay I've seen in the Boston area). Higher bonus and stock than anywhere else, too. Extremely competent coworkers. Some interesting projects if you look for them. Work/life balance (read as 40 hrs workweek) is doable but you may feel a bit guilty about it as many self-impose longer hours or at least check email at crazy hours.

      Cons

      Can be hard to feel like you're making an impact or get recognition in such a large company, especially a remote office. Most of the really interesting projects are in the Mountain View office. Kendall location is convenient to the T but not so great if you're looking to settle down outside of the city.

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