Does Waymo pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Waymo employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Waymo. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Waymo?

69% of Waymo employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Waymo 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Waymo?

Software Engineer (54) , Senior Software Engineer (23) , Software Quality Operations Associate (19) , Program Manager (9) , Vehicle Operator (9) , Autonomous Vehicle Operator (8) , Fleet Response Specialist (7) , Hardware Engineer (7) , Systems Engineer (6) , Technical Program Manager (6) , Data Scientist (5) , Driver (5) , Engineer (5) , Operations (4) , Software Engineer (Swe II) (4)

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

"The people were great and very knowledgeable." ((in 41 reviews)); "Great benefits as an Alphabet company." ((in 36 reviews)); "The pay is good." ((in 28 reviews)); "Fantastic team members working together." ((in 17 reviews)); "2. Talented coworkers and good opportunities to learn new technology." ((in 14 reviews))

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

"Bad work life balance." ((in 11 reviews)); "And Waymo takes their time to hire another manager so current one has to do double work." ((in 9 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 6 reviews)); "Disorganized leadership and ambiguous instructions." ((in 6 reviews)); "No growth opportunities for contractors" ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Waymo redundancies in 2026?

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

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4.0

69% would recommend to a friend

(288 total reviews)

Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov

86% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity and inclusion

4.0

Culture and values

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.8

Senior management

3.5

Work/Life balance

Waymo has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 288 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Waymo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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288 reviews

5.0

29 Oct 2025

Good company, can be team dependent

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Nice, smart people. Exciting product and challenges. Access to Alphabet resources.

Cons

Similar to big tech, experience can depend on team or manager. Challenges around maintaining culture while scaling.

4.0

28 Jun 2025

Great company

Senior machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

People are all very nice. Company has a good respectful culture with very reasonable working hours. Pay and benefits are good.

Cons

UK office is small, many more opportunities in California HQ.

5.0

5 Jun 2025

A place for self-growth

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Cutting-edge projects to do - Very nice folks

Cons

Very crowded office, not enugh place

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