Google Interaction Designer II reviews

4.3

98% would recommend to a friend

(52 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

67% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Interaction Designer II employees have rated Google with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 52 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Interaction Designer II professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Interaction Designer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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52 reviews
5.0
Apr 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free food, talented coworkers, amenities, subsidized classes, work-life balance, impactful projects with media attention, best benefits, gyms, on-site doctors, annual raise and bonus, culture of open communication, mobility between cities globally, ability to present your work publicly, resources to do great work, ... even great weather. The only reasons I could see a designer being dissatisfied working at Google are if they had bad chemistry with a manager/coworker or if they had never worked somewhere else and didn't know what a normal job was like.

Cons

Culture incentivizes big launches followed by a disinterest in supporting projects, leading to mostly finished features not being polished or things being cancelled entirely in favor of the next big launch. Leadership has a history of internal dishonesty, frequently saying things they think employees want to hear instead of the truth. The VP of hardware design promotes opinions of anti-intellectual pseudoscience.

4.0
Sep 25, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, perks, the company genuinely cares about people

Cons

It's a big company, with politics and the need to fit the bureaucracy in order to grow Not the best place for startup-minded people

5.0
Jun 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone works together to achieve big and have fun while doing it. The perks are unbelievable (food, massage, gyms, discounts, etc) but the best part is being surrounded by such amazing talent. It's truly inspiring.

Cons

If you want to excel (no one forces you to) you have to put in long hours and go beyond expectations, helping other team members out and participating in projects outside of your team. It can get tough to balance work and play when you're working this hard, but really... Who gets a job at Google to be lazy?

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