Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,420 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 48,420 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
1.0
Apr 13, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots and lots of money thrown around to bring in celebrities and authors to keep you interested; the space is very clean

Cons

You are encouraged to work against your "teammates" in your fight to the top and talk bad about them; Building a sense of community is discouraged

2.0
Mar 22, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Many interesting office locations, you can be a software engineer in Paris, Sydney, New York City, or elsewhere. Good Benefits. Reasonable compensation.

Cons

Google has become just another big software company (like Microsoft or Amazon). The Kirkland office feels like Microsoft or Amazon depending on where your Google Director originally was recruited from.

1.0
Mar 15, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great food, amenities and good compensation. Excellent location in Chelsea.

Cons

#1- Current Recruiting practice has some very strange practices and the rather junior, mediocre recruiting staff are afraid to challenge #2-Inflexible recruiting practices that hire against a set of ideals vs business needs. At least 1,000 people a day are screened out due to ridiculous ideals that are never questioned #3-Recruiting practices that do not improve without 18 layers of approvals and weak recruiting leadership. #4-Strong recruiters leave. Mediocre recruiters stay so that they can provide more convolution to an already convoluted process.

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