Google reviews

Very chaotic environment with foundational principles being left behind. Decisions appear to be based on the immediate bottom line rather than what's best for users/society. Everyone is burning out.

As a long-time employee, I can definitely say that the culture has gone steadily downhill. The company is much more corporate now, and has lost its sense of fun. 10 years ago, Google was engaged in all sorts of creative and interesting computer science projects. Now it's much more product-focused, and most jobs are run-of-the-mill software engineering gigs. It's difficult to move up in the company, because most positions are already occupied by old-timers, and the company isn't breaking new ground any more. It's not necessarily worse than other big tech companies, but it's not any better either.