Great for world-shattering innovators; could be better for other indispensable employee roles
Great for world-shattering innovators; could be better for other indispensable employee roles
Interacting all the time with brilliant colleagues of high integrity and drive. There's a strong push to innovate and change the world. We have excellent compensation and benefits. There's high openness and plenty of communication from senior management about all kinds of company-strategy related issues, with lots of trust towards each and every employee.
Very hard to get promoted further from senior levels without world-shattering achievements, as there are few rungs on the career ladder. Not much recognition for the indispensable jobs of maintenance and keeping things running smoothly; only drastic, revolutionary innovation is truly recognized and amply rewarded. Too much love of risk-taking, too little budget control and financial discipline.
Drastically cut the continuous stream of money-wasting, distracting "bashes" and events at the Googleplex. More focus on recognizing, rewarding, and promoting the crucial work of "keeping the boat afloat", not just revolutionary innovation. Otherwise, of course, everybody only wants to work in the most "greenfield" areas, and indispensable "maintenance" jobs are shunned and hard to staff with the best engineers!
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Engineering Manager
Landed interview with friend's referral. Waived phone interview and called me for an on-site interview. Basic programming and algorithm questions. I read CLR and Bentley's "Programming Pearls" books. Interviewers followed a formula and used little
Engineering Manager
I found a position listed on the Google website that looked like a perfect fit, given that it was very similar to my existing position. I proceeded to apply via the website, and a recruiter reached out to me. I was quizzed on various topics and event
Engineering Manager
Very dysfunctional. It took weeks to actually get an interview, and then it seemed their HR department had no idea what was happening. There was a lot of turnover or responsibility shifts.
Engineering Manager
Mountain View, California, United StatesDecember 1, 2009Landed interview with friend's referral. Waived phone interview and called me for an on-site interview. Basic programming and algorithm questions. I read CLR and Bentley's "Programming Pearls" books. Interviewers followed a formula and used little
Engineering Manager
Mountain View, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2014I found a position listed on the Google website that looked like a perfect fit, given that it was very similar to my existing position. I proceeded to apply via the website, and a recruiter reached out to me. I was quizzed on various topics and event
Engineering Manager
Mountain View, California, United StatesApril 1, 2013Very dysfunctional. It took weeks to actually get an interview, and then it seemed their HR department had no idea what was happening. There was a lot of turnover or responsibility shifts.
