Google Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – Great food, strong rewards and great coworkers.

Cons – Sometimes working long hours can be a bit of a hassle

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Google full-time for more than a year

Pros – AMAzing hours, Good working conditions, nice people

Cons – can be very busy sometimes

Advice to Senior Management – continue the good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great workplace
Great coworkers
Interesting projects
Good perks
Job satisfaction
Knowing you are working for a company that can make the world a better place.

Cons – Sometimes management decisions and their motivations are not optimally clear. This could also be due to the rapid growth of the company and the number of projects.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus more on career development. The career direction of employees is sometimes lost in the noise of project objectives and result expectations.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Google full-time for more than a year

Pros – Fantastic culture
Great vision for the future
Very bottom-led so great opportunities for growth and to lead
Minimal micro-management
Freedom to pursue projects you feel are worthwhile
Great internal comms - very included in the company and the goings-on

Cons – Difficult to move internally, harder than expected
Promotional cycles are more political than expected and tricky to navigate
More politics in general than expected
In the Sales Org side, too many managers are 'old-school' ad/media types which makes them very much an 'old boys club' and this doesn't mesh well with the Google culture itself.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – Opportunity to work on impactful projects
Coworkers are very bright and will go the extra mile
Amazing food and benefits are very god

Cons – Sometimes a bit political and can be a lot of travelling.
Working long hours and work/life balance can be sometimes tricky

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Google full-time for less than a year

Pros – it is the best company ever

Cons – I'm very satisfied with Career Opportunities, Compensation & Benefits, Work/Life Balance, Culture & Values

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google full-time

Pros – great colleagues
your employer changes the world
competitive salary
good perks

Cons – work-life balance not existent if you don't watch out
due to few hierarchy levels career development is tough

Advice to Senior Management – stop increasing the internal reporting

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Google as an intern for less than a year

Pros – culture, the quality of work that you undertake as an intern

Cons – few opportunity for full time conversion after the internship

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Most intelligent coworkers you could ever imagine. Wonderful feeling of camaraderie. Employees are trusted, respected and treated like adults to get on with their work. Very flat management structure means you're not left feeling powerless. Everyone is empowered to make a difference and to be heard. Amazing benefits.

Cons – Most intelligent coworkers you could ever imagine can lead to impostor syndrome. You need to be careful to balance your work and personal life, but the drive to sometimes work too hard comes from within when you work at Google; it's not something that's pushed on you by the company or colleagues.

Advice to Senior Management – We miss Eric.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Google as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Still tries to maintain that start-up feel. The benefits are ridiculous. Gourmet breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Unrivalled office space with on site gym, relaxation rooms, massage rooms.
The pay is good for the hours and the work done.
There are many opportunities to learn new skills.

Cons – Most engineers are not that young. So culture can be lacking compared to actual startups. Work can sometimes feel over engineered.

Advice to Senior Management – Communicate more. Often teams are quite isolated and tend to repeat work that other teams are doing or have already done. This lack of communication kills enthusiasm for a project.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company