Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,520 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,520 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
3.0
Jul 31, 2012

Good to have on your resume

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Smart coworkers The best perks in the valley Competitive pay

Cons

Culture of secrecy The sense that everyone's expendable No work/life balance or autonomy Immature and/or inexperienced middle managers

5.0
Mar 6, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Sure, from the outside people always talk about the awesome benefits and perks of Google, and the fact that you are surrounded by one of the smartest people in the world, but it really boils down to one thing: this company really respect its employees and gives ownership to them. There is an immense transparency at Google I have never seen at other big companies. Employees can voice their opinion on anything at Google and senior management (and boy, we do voice our opinion). The energy, atmosphere, and ownership at Google is really addictive, and I can't see myself working for any other company in the future, even if the pay is better. I do use my 20% time and actually work on another project I feel passionately about, and when you think that we are already indulged with so many benefits and perks, they just get better and better every year.

Cons

Before I joined Google, I was a superstar engineer. Now that I joined and am surrounded by superstars, I am just "average". Sigh.

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