Is Google a good company to work for as a Lead Reliability Engineer?

Lead Reliability Engineer professionals working at Google have rated their employer with 4.5 out of 5 stars in 133 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Google employees being 4.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Lead Reliability Engineer Jobs at Google now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Lead Reliability Engineer interview questions at Google .

Does Google pay Lead Reliability Engineer employees well?

Lead Reliability Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Google with 4.6 out of 5 stars based on 133 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.2% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Lead Reliability Engineer salaries at Google.

How happy are Lead Reliability Engineer professionals working at Google?

93% of Lead Reliability Engineer employees at Google would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 25% in the past 12 months. Lead Reliability Engineer professionals have also rated Google with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 4.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.5 rating for culture and values and 4.3 rating for career opportunities.

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"My teammates were really great people and did a lot to help me get up and running."" ((in 4236 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3714 reviews)); "Great environment and culture for each individual to proactively dive into what ever they are working on." ((in 3487 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2634 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2340 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 809 reviews)); "bad management and rude to customers" ((in 746 reviews)); "Recent job security worries and layoffs" ((in 588 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 568 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 309 reviews))

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4.5

93% would recommend to a friend

(133 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

88% approve of CEO

96% positive business outlook

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4.6

Diversity & inclusion

4.6

Compensation and benefits

4.5

Culture & values

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.3

Career opportunities

4.1

Senior management

Lead Reliability Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 133 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Lead Reliability Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Lead Reliability Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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133 reviews

3.0

Jun 15, 2025

Good

Site reliability engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work at

Cons

Slow progression and high turnover

3.0

May 16, 2025

Good work if you can keep it

Senior site reliability engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Work with smart people. * Free food * Pittsburgh office has great site culture.

Cons

* Experience varies wildly by PA * A bit of cultural friction if you've ever personally had to live paycheck to paycheck * Very little mobility (few and narrow windows of opportunity) if you're unable to relocate to a different site. This has consequences if you have family and/or outside responsibilities.

1.0

Apr 14, 2025

Adversarial, combative intra-organizational dysfunction

Site reliability engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is good, benefits are almost as good as Microsoft, but have been cut in recent years. Advancement up to L5 is fairly straightforward, although actual advancement is dependent on your team's ability to secure work that is viewed as impactful, and of your management's ability to represent you.

Cons

Particularly in Cloud, there are many layers of dysfunctional management that are forever locked in combat with each other to build their own empires within Google. Work priorities change frequently and drastically. SREs are increasingly taking on more operational toil and no priority is given to fixing systemic causes of toil or issues. All decisions below director level are made based on how much impact can be demonstrated within a myopic performance evaluation system. Work-life balance is explicitly no longer a concern.

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