Google Software Engineer II reviews

Can have long hours because you don't want to disappoint high-achieving coworkers.

As it has grown big, Google has become miserably stagnant when it comes to giving proper recognition to employees, during perf-cycles and promotion. They manage to suck the top brains from fresh college grads (from IITs, IISc) at a low package and yet quoting an attractive package which differs from CTC by at least 12000$ (yearly). Needless to say, these include the cost of "perks" shown at a exaggerated rate and some components which are never realized. Whereas in off-campus recruitment they make reasonably good offer (often more than double, triple the amount offered to college hires of same level) to get a candidate, even if it maybe for test-engineer position. Work is often monotonous, and rarely helps to your career growth. Even after working for years on so-called "cool" products, but that hardly sells outside google. And if you think you're going to spend your entire career in Google until retirement, it's going to be a sure-shot peril to your technical career. So, ret rid of the pride of working in the "best company" and look for a better career for yourself.