Is Google a good company to work for as a Staff Technical Program Manager?

Staff Technical Program Manager professionals working at Google have rated their employer with 4.3 out of 5 stars in 281 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Google employees being 4.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Staff Technical Program Manager Jobs at Google now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Staff Technical Program Manager interview questions at Google .

Does Google pay Staff Technical Program Manager employees well?

Staff Technical Program Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Google with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 281 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Staff Technical Program Manager salaries at Google.

How happy are Staff Technical Program Manager professionals working at Google?

92% of Staff Technical Program Manager employees at Google would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 5% in the past 12 months. Staff Technical Program Manager professionals have also rated Google with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 4.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

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"My teammates were really great people and did a lot to help me get up and running."" ((in 4167 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3715 reviews)); "Great environment and culture for each individual to proactively dive into what ever they are working on." ((in 3472 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2672 reviews)); "Would recommend Software Engineering/Development/PM at Google if you want a nice comfy job with perks and good pay." ((in 2338 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 817 reviews)); "Bad management and quite bureaucratic" ((in 742 reviews)); "recent layoffs and company culure" ((in 570 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 569 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 304 reviews))

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4.3

92% would recommend to a friend

(281 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

55% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

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4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

Staff Technical Program Manager employees have rated Google with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 281 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Technical Program Manager professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Technical Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0

Dec 15, 2008

Best job I've ever had

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Pros

By far the top reason is working with smart, competent people and the opportunity to have a big positive impact on the world. The resources and infrastructure are very nice as well. In general, Google is an engineering-centric company, and it is a great place to be a software engineer.

Cons

The bottom up culture is fun, but sometimes it can feel a bit chaotic with a sense of duplicated effort. Since everything must function at huge scale, it can sometimes take frustratingly long to get things done. Working with very talented people can bring on a certain amount of self-inflicted pressure to be productive.

3.0

Oct 8, 2008

Great first job for software engineers, frustrating for more senior ones.

Staff software engineer

Recommend

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Pros

First and foremost, smart people. Overall I'm very impressed with the level of intelligence of just about everybody I worked with. Second, huge datasets, huge scale, huge opportunities. Google is the place to be for working at scale, period. The tools are great and there are limitless computing resources. Other stuff - it's still a fun environment, flexible work hours, flexible about projects to work on.

Cons

Lots of flexibility on what to work on, but the downside is that management controls the launch process. It's likely that your project may not be allowed to launch without several revisions. Engineers used to own most product decisions, but things have shifted towards product management and upper management. Nobody seems to own broad strategic decisions - there's a strategy vacuum in many product areas. Compensation is good, but obviously the equity situation doesn't compare to what you'd get at a proper startup. For this reason, entrepreneurs and people with big ideas are advised to look elsewhere if they have an appetite for risk / reward.

5.0

Jun 23, 2008

Google is a great environment for software engineers

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Almost all engineers at Google are extremely talented and a pleasure to work work. There are plenty of opportunities to work on challenging problems. The hardware and resources you can apply to those problems are unmatched anywhere else in the industry. Senior Google engineers get a lot of freedom in choosing what to work on and how to work on it; managers provide leadership and overall direction but micromanagement and design by committee is strongly discouraged. The perks are great too.

Cons

Working at Google can be stressful, especially during the first 6 months when you feel like you don't know anything compared to all the folks who have been there longer. The learning curve is long and steep. The environment has lots of distractions, since everyone is in shared offices or cubicles.

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