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      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,373 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      82% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

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      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 48,373 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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      48K reviews
      4.0
      Jun 21, 2008

      Google is still a great place to work, flaws and all

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Strong culture that treats employees with respect and highly values engineers. Openness of culture that includes access to the majority of the codebase as well as regular TGIF's on fridays where management shares what's going on across the company with all the employees and can include sensitive information. Political candidates all stop at Google for a talk including: John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and many others. Author talks with free books.

      Cons

      It's a balance, but sometimes lack of structure and processes is a hindrance to getting things done. Flat-ish organization leaves less room for traditional personal promotion.

      4.0
      Jun 20, 2008

      Great place to work

      Data center technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Awesome people: Google definitely has some of the best people to work with as well as to learn from. There are lots of opportunities to learn new things wether it's from tech talks, talking with coworkers or interaction with people from other departments. Everybody is friendly and the work atmosphere is casual and down to earth. Great Perks: Even working as a contractor, I've had access to free breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as access to the gym and shuttle service.

      Cons

      The only downside for me when working at Google was the long commute. Coming from north of Mountain View down the 101 South is usually congested with traffic. All the hours spent in traffic adds up and does take it's toll on you.

      5.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      great place to work

      Engineering director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great company that treats people incredibly well by and large. The quality of people you work with day to day is just incredible -- everyone you deal with is smart, competent, has some unique skill, and brings a lot of energy to the place. I believe in what the company is doing -- yes we want to be a successful business, but we really do try to make a better consumer experience in everything we do too. I'm stunned by the openness of the company -- good news and bad news is spread wide through various means. I really feel extremely lucky to be at Google, as silly as that sounds. I think it's gonna be hard to work anywhere else now.

      Cons

      it's intense -- at senior management level, I don't know many people who don't work crazy hours and still fall further and further behind

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