The good and the bad about this company is true
Pros
The benefits, including externally discounts just for working here, and the pay. They also let people give honest feedback, but it's very rare that they care about it, hold anyone accountable, or change. The company responds better to outside criticism and competition.
Cons
The arrogance, but it is really team specific, but horrible in the new DMA (data, management, analytics) org which supports sales advertising. The company is not full of geniuses, which is the propaganda. Some people do get through because they are allowed to fail up, just like with any other company, hired to not be a threat to their manager, or just because they can convince some people that the nonsense they share makes sense if they say it fast and with confidence. This arrogance is not coming from top university graduates, which is the assumption, but those whose talents are limited to working at Google, so they love to brag about their tenure without even reading the room to see if there is anyone listening who cares or would just rather focus on working. The company has recently done more internal surveys on sentiment and many results fell in the 70 percentage range and senior leaders spun this as positive because it's technically the majority -- sure it's limited by the response rate, but many people eerily believe that the company is a utopia, so I would think the people who would give higher ratings would make sure to respond as well. DMA lies about the analytical lead role, so if you are a data scientist or work in analytics, you don't want to do this role if that's what you think you'll do more of. You spend more time managing internal egos and explaining to people internally that you have different jobs (the job titles are different, but many people still don't understand). And there is much less movement across teams now as they are still trying to make the company lean and manage/bully people out. The company gives major cult vibes, which makes sense since it was founded in a top cult producing state. (I know it's not "really" a cult.)
