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      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,558 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      82% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

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      Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,558 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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      49K reviews
      4.0
      Jun 16, 2013

      Great company to work for

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great salaries - Great career path and opportunities - Good work environment

      Cons

      - Some co-workers are deluded about how awesome they are. - Company has gotten a lot bigger but mistakenly thinks it can still work like a startup.

      4.0
      Jun 10, 2013

      Fascinating Company, but Getting Larger Every Day

      Account strategist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great talent - Fast Paced - Wonderful culture of innovation I have met wonderful people at this company who truly inspire. They are smart, efficient, and almost everyone goes the extra mile. It's a company that values kindness as well (Don't Be Evil!) The people who don't fall into this category are so rare that they almost become special in their own right- shooting stars of below-average performance. Most everyone is fantastic.

      Cons

      - Rigid promotion cycle - Visibility is very hard in such a large company The promotion cycle is very rigid, which isn't well aligned with the type of talent the company recruits (young go-getters who work hard but expect to see a correlation between effort and reward). Promotions do come but they are heavily relient on putting in a good amount of time first and being recognized by the right people. Managers really have to go to bat for their employees to get them promoted. Also, Google is becoming a much larger company. It prides itself on its start-up roots, but it's becoming more and more hierarchical, with less and less opportunities to move up or sideways in the company.

      4.0
      May 27, 2013

      User Experience Researcher - Zurich

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Freed food, nice amenities, and world class talent whom you get to work alongside each day. All combined to help you build products that are used by millions of people around the world. What's not to like!

      Cons

      There's still a glass ceiling for user experience and there may always be at Google. Data rules all decisions, no matter how auspicious it's origin. Also, like in distributed offices still feels remote and looks to be only be consolidating towards Mountain View. And work / life balance? No such thing.

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