Verily reviews

2.8

32% would recommend to a friend

(405 total reviews)
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Stephen Gillett

25% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Verily has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 405 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Verily employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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405 reviews
5.0
Jul 12, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Potential for company growth with new leadership team and upcoming product launches - Can make real impact since company size is relatively small - Ex-googlers and Google culture

Cons

- Going through lots of change and moving away from Google infrastructure

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Verily Response
1y
Thank you for your review and we're glad you're having a good experience at Verily and would recommend it to others. We're also glad you are optimistic about the leadership team and future impact. We are going through a good deal of change through 2024 which we know can be challenging at times. We are doing all we can to communicate often and transparently and ensure all employees know the latest updates related to our business. We'd value any other specific feedback you'd like to share - please reach out to Verily-PACT@google.com. Thank you again.
1.0
Jul 3, 2024

Poor management structure, unclear future

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Google benefits but those are ending soon

Cons

Poor top down decisions, with constant changes in strategy and company direction. The company future is unclear

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Verily Response
1y
Thank you for leaving your review and we’re sorry to hear you’re having this experience. We would appreciate the opportunity to speak with you directly to hear more of your feedback. Verily moves quickly and has experienced change as the business has evolved. We continue to share product and business updates in our regularly occurring Strategy Days and Town Halls and encourage you to view the recordings of those sessions if you were unable to attend. As it relates to our Benefits, as we recently shared with all employees, Verily’s go-forward benefits are not ending at all - we’re staying with our same providers and offering nearly identical medical, dental and vision plans and no changes in premiums from 2024 to 2025. We know strong benefits are one of the many reasons Veeps are drawn to Verily and this is not changing. Thanks again for sharing, and please reach out to PACT directly to provide more suggestions or feedback at Verily-PACT@google.com.
2.0
Jul 2, 2024

Dumpster Fire

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

AVOID. Legit name, smart people, good comp (soon to be lowered), but please read cons. If you're smart enough to land a job here, I'd look elsewhere.

Cons

#1: Verily is being separated from Google/Alphabet as Google's under a lot of financial strain. No more "google" benefits (shuttle, building access, etc.). **Comp is expected to decrease.** This is NOT Google. To quote someone else's review that really hits home for me: "This isn’t “google x” or “google life sciences ” anymore despite people putting that 8 year old statement on their LinkedIns. It’s a failing startup with inexperienced and incompetent leadership. If you want to work at Google, apply to Google." #2: Politics. Man... there's so much to do here (because we lack PMF) and because we're a startup, but it's like we've inherited the bureaucracy of a F500 so it's tough to get things done. Sure, this happens at other companies, but the hypocrisy is wild. I was sold an idea that this was a quick and nimble startup within Alphabet. Nope. #3: Quiet layoffs. This company barely has product-market and is suffering for it. Layoffs occurred with minimal comms from management, put a bad taste in my/many of my colleagues' mouths. To anyone considering a job here: look, if you're in a bad place, fine, a job is a job. But if you're smart enough to get this job, look elsewhere.

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Verily Response
1y
Thank you for leaving your review and we’re sorry to hear you’re having this experience. We would appreciate the opportunity to speak with you directly to hear more of your feedback. As it relates to changes related to Project Flywheel (our separation from Google platforms and systems), Verily is on track for this systems separation and we have shared routine and transparent communications about the details and the process - including multiple "deep dive" employee sessions walking through details of what's to come. We made a commitment to share information with employees as soon as decisions are made, which we’ve done across multiple channels over the past two+ years so there should be no surprises to employees about why we are separating (to benefit Verily and our business), what’s happening or what’s to come. We are also working closely with our recruiters to ensure their conversations with candidates reflect all of the information and decisions, as well as to outline what additional changes are planned. With respect to organizational changes, including hires or restructures, we prepare full and transparent communications plans to ensure teams are aware. For example, in the product organization’s most recent changes, we communicated within the product organization, across teams to functional partners, and then broadly to the entire company on Slack and in the recent town hall. And we will continue to operate in this way with transparency for any future changes. We appreciate your perspective and your feedback here, and in our routine employee surveys is very valued. We hope you'll reach out to PACT directly at Verily-PACT@google.com so we can help to improve your experience at Verily.
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