Is Google a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Google have rated their employer with 4.4 out of 5 stars in 9,644 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Google employees being 4.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Google now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Google .

Does Google pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Google with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 9,644 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Google.

What Google locations are top rated by Software Developer employees?

Google locations which are top rated by Software Developer employees are Los Angeles , Mountain View and San Francisco .

What are the top reviewed jobs at Google?

Software Engineer (10518) , Senior Software Engineer (1604) , Intern (1235) , Software Developer (1219) , Account Manager (849) , Product Manager (796) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (770) , Analyst (758) , Program Manager (629) , Project Manager (610) , SWE Intern (545) , Data Scientist (515) , Internship (502) , Software Engineer(Internship) (496) , Manager (484)

What are the pros of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"My teammates were really great people and did a lot to help me get up and running."" ((in 4196 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3773 reviews)); "It was a great environment and culture that I looked forward to going to every day." ((in 3483 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2655 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2330 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and lots to learn if you are not a learner it might not be the best place" ((in 825 reviews)); "bad management and rude to customers" ((in 748 reviews)); "Recent layoffs (I've not been impacted) have felt really sad to experience." ((in 572 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 572 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 301 reviews))

Google Software Developer reviews

4.4

89% would recommend to a friend

(9,644 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

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Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 9,644 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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10K reviews

4.0

Jul 3, 2012

Pretty good

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Google has pretty flexible working environment. Google also has free food. That's good.

Cons

Work load in google is kind of full. You have work very hard to get good performance/

4.0

Jun 3, 2012

Great people, but if you want a career, you have to move to Mountain View

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work with some of the greatest people in the software industry. It was amazing place to network. Google had an excellent culture that they worked hard to build and I hope they never lose.

Cons

Google has a hard time delegating responsibility to remote offices. Projects started abroad would consistently be pulled into Mountain View as soon as they showed signs of success. This did not work well for remote employees who were left marginalised and unrewarded for their efforts.

4.0

May 30, 2012

Great place to work, but the reward system is flawed

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great perks, paid well, smart coworkers

Cons

The reward system is strongly biased toward 'launches', i.e. new features, new products. You can't get promoted by doing incremental improvements. But there is only so much new features/products really worth doing...So if you are the kind of person who likes to fix bugs, refactor bad code instead of inventing useless new features, this may not be the best place for you.

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