Is Google a good company to work for as a User Experience Designer?

User Experience Designer professionals working at Google have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 56 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 User Experience Designer Jobs at Google now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked User Experience Designer interview questions at Google .

Does Google pay User Experience Designer employees well?

User Experience Designer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Google with 4.9 out of 5 stars based on 56 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about User Experience Designer salaries at Google.

What Google locations are top rated by User Experience Designer employees?

Mountain View is the top rated Google location by User Experience Designer employees.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Google?

Software Engineer (10532) , Senior Software Engineer (1610) , Intern (1237) , Software Developer (1221) , Account Manager (853) , Product Manager (796) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (771) , Analyst (758) , Program Manager (631) , Project Manager (610) , SWE Intern (545) , Data Scientist (515) , Internship (503) , Software Engineer(Internship) (499) , Manager (485)

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 4235 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3740 reviews)); "Great environment and culture for each individual to proactively dive into what ever they are working on." ((in 3486 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2661 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2316 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 810 reviews)); "Bad management and quite bureaucratic" ((in 745 reviews)); "Recent layoffs (I've not been impacted) have felt really sad to experience." ((in 579 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 578 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 305 reviews))

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Google User Experience Designer reviews

3.9

99% would recommend to a friend

(56 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

100% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.9

Compensation and benefits

4.6

Diversity & inclusion

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.4

Senior management

4.4

Career opportunities

User Experience Design employees have rated Google with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most User Experience Design professionals have a good working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by User Experience Design professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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56 reviews

4.0

Jun 22, 2015

Great pay, great benefits, OK managers

User experience designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent pay, stock, bonus and combined benefits package.

Cons

Uninspired projects and mediocre middle management.

3.0

Nov 16, 2012

Great if you're an engineer, not so great if you're in UX or not in Mountain View

User experience designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of freedom, cool projects and great colleagues. You have to find the right project though, where the team does appreciate UX as that's not always the case. Manage that and you'll have a blast. Also great benefits (good pension, medical insurance plus things like gym membership, and of course free food) and a very decent salary.

Cons

Google doesn't really seem to understand UX. Design decisions are often made by committee and based on technology or what the VP likes. The UX designer then gets the job of painting the pixels. There's also little understanding of the different roles within UX (visual designer, interaction designer, researcher). I find the work very simple and repetitive do miss the more interesting bits of UX design (conceptual, strategical work)

4.0

Aug 21, 2012

Awesome place to work with incredibly talented colleagues

User experience designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Immensely diverse and talented workforce, fantastic perks and working conditions. It feels like the most global company in the world. As an employee of Google you feel that you're in the center of the biggest innovations happening right now, and if you're are self-motivated and diligent you will be able to accomplish a lot in this company.

Cons

As the company gets larger and larger there's lot of red tape to deal with, and more levels of management are placed up the ladder.

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Great pay, great benefits, OK managers

Great if you're an engineer, not so great if you're in UX or not in Mountain View

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