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      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

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      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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      10K reviews
      3.0
      Nov 17, 2008

      Was a great place to work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Free Food, shuttle, smart prople, other perks.

      Cons

      There isn't really a lot of room for advancement. When you start at the company, things are great, but after a couple of years you'll realize that you'll probably be stuck in the same job for a long time.

      5.0
      Oct 18, 2008

      Still THE best place to work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      freedom to do things you really interested: in addition to 20% time, it is also easy to change projects, and there is no manager 'manage' you all the time, you are on your own most of the time. good salary, bonus and benefits * great coworkers: very smart and nice people, and you can learn a lot from them. * You can sense that the management really want to treat the employees well, their target is to build a great company and serve the world, not just for profit

      Cons

      somewhat disorganized, so you may not fit if you don't know what to do without somebody telling you grow too fast, not all employees are as high quality as before.

      4.0
      Oct 6, 2008

      Nice place to work after 5/10 years

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The free food is good and better than what you have heard. It really rocks and I will really miss it. Also the co-workers I met were one of the brightest people (in software) around and it was charm to actually work and see what good coding is really all about. And its not just some stars - there are actually people who are really good and work together and the team as a whole contributes a lot towards the success of a product. Further the software infrastructure is the best among all the places I have seen and I have seen the better ones.

      Cons

      Its very easy to get used to the perks and if you join right after graduation - it keeps you stuck in college. This may not best thing in terms of future career development. You get used to the good stuff and complain for more and it can get very difficult to move on. I think the worst part is having a really good infrastructure to work with stunts your hacking skills which may not be a very good thing in general. I would advise working outside Google fro a few years and then coming back to really enjoy life :-P

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