Pros: Good pay for beginners in IT.

Cons: Bad work-life balance at Google

Pros: Best company for best work.

Cons: No cons, it is so good.

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 some of the brightest people (in software) around. It was a charm to actually work and see what good coding is really all about. And it's not just a few stars – there are actually people who are really good and work together. 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 better ones.

Cons: It's very easy to get used to the perks. If you join right after graduation, it can keep you stuck in college. This may not be the 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 for a few years and then coming back to really enjoy life :-P