Google Software Developer reviews

4.4

89% would recommend to a friend

(9,692 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

84% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Google with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 9,692 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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10K reviews
4.0
Jan 2, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Incredible educational opportunities, regular tech talks and other information sessions. Colleagues are some of the brightest people around. There's also a certain prestige attached with working at Google and you may find your next job easier to get just having had worked there, although the culture makes it such that people straight out of college never want to leave since the perks are so good and they are pampered.

Cons

Lack of proper management, managers don't really care about employees and seem to have just gotten their jobs because they were there rather than showing any competence at actual managing. Competition between workers sometimes strains work-life balance as most are young twenty-somethings with no family to worry about or take care of - although this may change in the future, most older Googlers tend to leave instead of sticking around that environment.

4.0
Dec 8, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Google is a great work environment. Of course, the food is wonderful. In addition, it is such a good opportunity to work with really talented people on interesting and difficult problems. There are team opportunities but also space for individual work. You can't beat the resources and access to data. There are many opportunities to build on work that others have done in order to enhance one's own work. Overall, a very interesting and exciting place to work.

Cons

Many people work very long hours, so it feels that you must do likewise in order to be considered a good employee.

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