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4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,431 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 48,431 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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1.0
May 22, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Perks like all you can eat buffet at all hours of the day, shuttle transportation is free if you're FTE and $1.50 each way if you're a TVC. Some dogs around campus available for petting. That's about it, the food quality has gone down drastically since people become entitled here and take food home for their families.

Cons

Toxic work environment in some BUs. The leadership here are completely detached from their teams. I wouldn't call them leaders but bosses with superiority complexes. If you think FTEs are treated badly here, what about the TVCs? They do a lot of the heavy lifting and get zero recognition from uppers. TVCs know 98% of the processes yet are treated as disposable at the end of their term, leaving FTE managers to scramble to find replacements to overlap for information transferring. They are also required to document everything before they leave in hopes the new TVC will know how to handle processes, the leads never learn how to do things themselves. The dependency is not sustainable, especially not in operation type roles. It's a never ending cycle. I felt really bad for the TVCs on my team!

5.0
May 18, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent stock & bonus, if you live on your salary you'll be making some serious bank towards retirement.

Cons

Competition both to get in and to get promoted is severe and steep. You'll be making slow progress, if any, towards goals of advancement in title and responsibilities.

1.0
Jan 27, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Slow progress so there is some work life balance depending on team

Cons

Certain buildings have better food and amenities than others. Does not feel great to be treated less than other swe or tech employees. Compensation reflects this which I get, but culturally this sense of inequality should not exist. Decrease in perks and benefits and cost cutting is not helping

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