Google Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – Quality of work is good. You can choose what you want to work.

Cons – Challenging envirnorment. Lot of work to be done.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – benefits, atmosphere, decorum, all very strong at google.

Cons – advancement opportunities stop after middle management

Advice to Senior Management – keep doing it and you will have happy employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – Great perks and pay. You can be proud to tell your mom you work there. Work/Life balance is good. Employees are good people to know now and for the future. Work on great products that hundreds of millions or billions of people will use.

Cons – as much as it does not want to be one, it is a big company and too easy for people/projects to get lost in the mix. NY Office is big, but definitely suffers form not being in Mountain View.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Google

Pros – Flex hours, great food, easy

Cons – not challenging enough. Should have offered a longer contract

Advice to Senior Management – nothing

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – Google is a great place to work at. Good people, awesome pay and fun culture.

Cons – None that I can think of

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – Dynamic, innovative, creative and simplicity

Cons – Competitive, demanding, and long hours

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – - Perks (cafeterias, massage, wellness programs, commuter shuttles, bowling alley (!) etc. etc.) are amazing
- Sharp people
- Flexible work environment
- Strong teamwork culture

Cons – - A lot of concurrent initiatives, but unsure of status/followthrough/reasons for these initiatives
- A sense that we are over-hiring
- Commitment to "dogfooding" is admirable--but sometimes it's OK to use a non-Google application to manage some of our work.
- There is a tendency to promote people who need more seasoning. Managing people is not a perk of promotion, and not everyone can be a manager.

Advice to Senior Management – - Clearer focus. Where are we going? How are we getting there?
- Clearer feedback regarding expectations of managers.
- Stronger management development program is needed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Google

Pros – good perks, friendly and laid back atmosphere

Cons – doesnt seem to be a streamlined process for training new hires

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – Best Work Life Balance ever seen

Cons – Poor Career Growth
Promotion review is dysfunctional

Advice to Senior Management – get real!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Google

Pros – I like the technology, culture and perks in Google. I like the fact that Google has many offices all over the world.

Cons – It grows to 30,000 employees by the end of 2011. and It starts to show similar problems as the previous big companies.

Advice to Senior Management – They should focus on our main business such as search, ads, mobile and make progress faster. Don't create more intermediate layers in hierarchy.