Google Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – Good fame
Good money
Free food/shuttle etc

Cons – You never have a career path.

You'll need months to figure out how to grad an easy number through the legacy system, needless to mention about the reviews, permissions etc.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn from microsoft, cuz you are the microsoft of 2000 now.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – - available food onsite
- very competitive salary
- good bonuses
- variety of projects
- clear communication w/ management
- smart people working there

Cons – - traffic in the morning around the main campus
- no "start-up" feeling any more - lot's of people, lot's of projects

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – Awesome food, great salary, wonderful coworkers. Lots of room for a self-starter to advance. Promotion can be quite rapid if you are determined and this is your goal. None of the cost/benefit approach to IT that you see at a lot of other companies.

Cons – Management can be clueless or absent at times. It can take a lot longer to get things done than you expect.

Advice to Senior Management – Remove blocks to rapid development and mandated platform use. Be more open in communication, particularly in explaining the reasons for controversial decisions.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Google

Pros – Nice perk, good compensation. Love the free food.

Cons – Little career growth. Bas Middle management

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on core business and stop investing into peripheral areas.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – everything looks fine to me

Cons – almost no cons to me

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – Career development, impact and range.

Cons – Compensation and lack of transparency at times.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Google

Pros – You will have a chance to work with some of the smartest people in the industry

Cons – No real cons, but you have to be very good and productive to keep the job

Advice to Senior Management – Keep it up guys!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Google

Pros – everyone wants to join Google because it is a giant party. Free Food, onsite everything, free seminars, movies and lectures. But you have go to produce. They don't care if you party all week long but when the deadline arrives, you need to deliver.

Cons – Engineers rule at Google. Leadership and management are weak, as these geeky guys and gals are more comfortable talking to their keyboard then to subordinates. The lack of leadership is one of the great weaknesses for this organization.

Advice to Senior Management – Leadership matters. You can't just throw a bunch of engineers at a problem with little oversight, planning and motivation and hope to have a happy ending.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – great work lot of bucks

Cons – no issues at all whatsoever

Advice to Senior Management – great work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – It is an evenvironment in which everyone participates and contributes; unlike previous environments that have numerous employees that are just putting in time

Cons – Since the environment is one in which everyone must participate, it is difficult to pull back (e.g. girfriend breakup)

Advice to Senior Management – Overall, you are doing well and provide a good working environment