Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,578 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

82% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,578 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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49K reviews
5.0
Aug 7, 2012

The premier Internet technology company

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Pros

The best people; the best technology ; the best resources; enormous amounts of money.

Cons

Overweening arrogance, pervasive not-invented-here syndrome, limited range of positions.

4.0
Aug 7, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing benefits including free food all day long, health and dental care, 5 weeks of holidays, bonuses... Good company culture that gives you the flexibility and responsibility to complete tasks the way you think is best.

Cons

The job contents is very much routine driven and as such can get very boring after a while (as somebody else already stated, Dublin is a glorified call centre). Targets improve every quarter resulting in a constant sales pressure. Given that Google is the absolute market leader by miles, they don't really care about their customers (except if you are a very big one like Coca Cola). For people in customer-facing roles this is very frustrating. If Google would treat its customers only half as good as their employees, it would already be a massive improvement. You need to be very flexible since there are constant reorganisations. Changing desk locations, teams or team leaders multiple teams per quarter is no exception. A lot of people are very career driven and only focused on achieving targets, resulting in a tense atmosphere (co-workers are often seen as competitors for promotion instead of colleagues).

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