Skip to contentSkip to footer
      employer cover photo
      employer logo
      employer logo

      Google

      Engaged Employer

      Google reviews

      4.4

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (48,580 total reviews)
      avatar

      Sundar Pichai

      83% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,580 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).

      Reviews by job title

      49K reviews
      3.0
      Aug 21, 2017

      Good pay, no growth opportunity

      Operations assembler
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay and benefits are good for an entry level position. The stock is what keeps most people there. The work is pretty easy.

      Cons

      There are no growth opportunities without getting a degree or certifications and you are not able to learn on the job. Transferring to a new job is extremely difficult.

      5.0
      Aug 21, 2017

      Great career support

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Extremely supportive management, both for career development and for personal concerns - Regular 1:1s with Team Leads and Managers so you don't feel isolated - Peer bonuses and public kudos systems that encourage cooperativeness and helpfulness - Project-based work that gives you a feeling of ownership of your work (and pride in your work) - Good, respectful coworkers who are passionate about their work and care about doing things well - Managers and Team Leads who try their best to give you projects you're personally interested in whenever possible - Useful and constructive performance reviews with self-assessment questions and peer feedback (encouraged to be constructive, even when critical), which both encourage cooperativeness and offers a structured opportunity to reflect on one's career with the help of teammates, TLs, and managers. - Amazing educational benefits (they cover 66% of tuition for anything related to your work) I've been at Google for 2.5 years, and I'm genuinely excited to go to work on Monday mornings. I feel energized after meeting with my manager or my team lead, and I learn a tremendous amount from both of them as well as from my teammates. It's actually a lot like being in a PhD program, but getting paid 5x more + stocks + great 401K + bonuses + not worrying about future employment.

      Cons

      It's very hard to leave, even if I find a more intellectually rewarding job in a different place, for three reasons: 1. I have un-learned any skill that I may have had that permitted me to operate in a cut-throat workplace. I'd probably suffer through a steep learning curve if I moved to a company where people are mean. 2. I now know that you *can* have a nice career in an collaborative and cooperative environment, and that that's even healthier and more productive than the cut-throat workplaces. So I'd be constantly reminded of that if I ever left. 3. Stock vesting is set up in a way that makes you want to stay to vest all the stocks you're getting, and every refresh adds more stocks that will vest over 3 years, such that you always have stock coming in soon that you don't want to leave without :)

      5.0
      Aug 8, 2017

      Questionable advancement

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Perks Culture Humane approach to parental leave

      Cons

      Bureaucracy Advancement ...takes forever to get promoted Salaries aren't great...you can.make.more.jumping around to another company

      Viewing 601 - 603 of 48,580 Reviews
      Related searches: Google jobs | Google salaries | Google benefits | Google interviews | Google conversations
      ReviewsGoogle reviews

      Glassdoor has 70,490 Google reviews submitted anonymously by Google employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Google is right for you.