Google reviews

The hiring bar is very slowly lowering. "20% time" is generally a myth. Internally we called it "120% time". Google's increasing scale is causing problems. Some parts of infrastructure are so complex that no one can see the whole picture. Duplicated work and missed requirements happen a lot. As the machine grows larger and there are more parts, the scope of individual responsibility moves further from having real customer impact. Also I disagree with the high level direction of the company. In the last few years senior management has developed and worsened a trend of killing or crippling beloved products. Strategy is never transparent, even as the company maintains that they value transparency. Overall it feels that while engineering decisions are data-driven, management decisions are not. There has been a focus on growth, at the expense of innovation.

too much politics. no matter how much you try to do your best, it doesn't beat office politics. no promotion unless you know how to play politics.