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4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(5,718 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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3.0
Apr 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Offers a comprehensive compensation package, including competitive health insurance, equity through stock options, and a generous PTO policy covering both vacation and sick leave. Additionally, the company provides consistent growth through annual merit based salary increases.

Cons

While the site offers complimentary meals, the quality is often disappointing. The management style is heavily metric driven, requiring constant precision and attention to key performance indicators. Physically, the role is grueling and comparable to warehouse work expect to spend over six hours a day on your feet, walking large facilities, and performing heavy lifting. Despite being under the technical umbrella, this is manual labor involving server maintenance and fiber cabling rather than software development or automation engineering. Internal mobility is restricted primarily to the Data Center track exmaple, Data Center Technician, Implementation Engineer, or Program Manager. Transitioning into these roles is exceptionally difficult, typically requiring L3/L4 status, a relevant degree, and several years of specialized experience and working in your current role 3-4 years minimum. There are exceptions but very rare and again they had all those qualities listed above. These internal paths are also highly competitive due to the limited number of openings.

5.0
Apr 3, 2026

Not Bad

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good perks, good food, amenities, aesthetic

Cons

Large company and everything that comes with it

5.0
Apr 2, 2026

Great experience

Recommend
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Pros

Salary, perks, offices, travel, dog friendly

Cons

Slowly losing the magic it once had

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