Is Google a good company to work for?

Google has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 70,207 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 87% of employees would recommend working at Google to a friend and 81% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Google have been left by employees working as Stagiaire , Data Scientist and Software Engineer .

Does Google pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Google employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Google. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Google?

87% of Google employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Google 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Google?

Software Engineer (10461) , Senior Software Engineer (1599) , Intern (1228) , Software Developer (1217) , Account Manager (843) , Product Manager (792) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (767) , Analyst (753) , Program Manager (624) , Project Manager (609) , SWE Intern (542) , Data Scientist (514) , Internship (499) , Software Engineer(Internship) (495) , Manager (483)

What are the pros of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"My teammates were really great people and did a lot to help me get up and running."" ((in 4192 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3716 reviews)); "Great environment and culture for each individual to proactively dive into what ever they are working on." ((in 3422 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2680 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2304 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and lots to learn if you are not a learner it might not be the best place" ((in 806 reviews)); "Bad management and quite bureaucratic" ((in 746 reviews)); "Recent layoffs (I've not been impacted) have felt really sad to experience." ((in 579 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 567 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 304 reviews))

What are employees saying about Google layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Google layoffs and their outlook for job security at Google in 2026.

Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,379 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

82% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Culture & values

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.2

Career opportunities

3.9

Senior management

Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,379 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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Reviews by job title

48K reviews

3.0

Nov 2, 2008

More and more disappointing

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Benefits (medical, subsidized massage, food) -People (bright, high achievers) -Cool products that employees use and love -Frequent performance feedback (ratings given every quarter, 360 feedback twice a year) -Employee morale varies across teams. Has gotten lower as the company is growing older

Cons

Some functions are really un-Googley! No work-life balance. No respect for people unlike themselves (e.g. you're not an ex-consultant? you're an idiot.) Teams under the same VP are not collaborative and do a poor job of sharing information. Poor knowledge management Recognition goes to those who talk the loudest Mismatched job content expectations Hard to transfer internally Hard to grow upward Little career development support

5.0

Oct 30, 2008

Still a remarkable company

Designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Google has great respect for its employees and users; while the company makes a great deal of money, most of the people who build the products that people use on a daily basis concentrate much more (much more) on how to do something great and how to provide a service to the world. Google is internally transparent, a responsible citizen, and full of wonderfully talented people and great potential. Google employees offer innumerable benefits to one another, too, with free yoga, art classes, general interest classes, etc. being run constantly. Plus, the food and massage are fantastic.

Cons

Maintaining a good work/life balance can be tough, especially if you live in the city and have to make the long commute every day. The company is highly engineering-driven which means that it can be hard to bring up radical ideas; thus the company is surprisingly conservative. There are some THICK processes, in spite of the relatively flat hierarchy of the company. Some executives are untouchable, even if they're not doing a great job. And it can be hard to get traction for good ideas… Google wants the best people doing even the simplest jobs.

5.0

Oct 26, 2008

A dream employer

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people, the atmosphere, and the food. All 3 of these are unlikely to be duplicated anywhere else. It is an extremely jovial and cooperative atmosphere where there are bound to be experts in any topic you may want to know about. The food is awesome as well, but this is well known.

Cons

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

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