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      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,616 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 48,616 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
      2.0
      Nov 16, 2012

      Only for the comfort seeking

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Food, brand name, work culture, plush offices (all the superficial things)

      Cons

      No career track, slow career advancement, wrong person for the wrong job

      3.0
      Nov 16, 2012

      Great if you're an engineer, not so great if you're in UX or not in Mountain View

      User experience designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of freedom, cool projects and great colleagues. You have to find the right project though, where the team does appreciate UX as that's not always the case. Manage that and you'll have a blast. Also great benefits (good pension, medical insurance plus things like gym membership, and of course free food) and a very decent salary.

      Cons

      Google doesn't really seem to understand UX. Design decisions are often made by committee and based on technology or what the VP likes. The UX designer then gets the job of painting the pixels. There's also little understanding of the different roles within UX (visual designer, interaction designer, researcher). I find the work very simple and repetitive do miss the more interesting bits of UX design (conceptual, strategical work)

      4.0
      Nov 15, 2012

      Overall a great place to work

      Product marketing manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good money, smart people, free food

      Cons

      Death by Powerpoint, somewhat slow moving. As the company has been on a crest of a wave it feels sometimes that there is not really much point to the work. The best things about the company are also the worst things about it, in that there is a lot of waste of time and money.

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