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Google – “Still a great place to work as long as you're dreaming to be suddenly rich

6 of 6 people found this helpful

Aug 28, 2009

4.0

Google Senior Software Engineer in Mountain View, CA:   (Current Employee)

Pros

- Smart people
- Great technology
- Engineering driven
- Huge impact on the world
- Profitable and financially stable
- Perks

Cons

- Base pay average, though bonus is high
- low number shares of stock (plus, stock prices are low compared to peak)
- Getting big and bureaucratic (e.g., launch process long and painful)
- Harder to advance because of stronger peers
- Minimal management attention: non-self-starters can get lost

Advice to Senior Management

- Pay employees more
- Cut the bureaucracy and make things easier

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