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Frontend Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Google for 2 years
February 7, 2022
San Jose, California
5.0
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Pros
  1. TechStop: Google employees have a group of specialists called TechStop who help them solve technological problems that arise and guide them with operating system needs, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

  2. Free Transportation: The company has buses that transport employees to and from the company's main headquarters. Additionally, the vehicles are equipped with Wi-Fi.

  3. Dogs are Welcome: Employees can bring their pets to work.

  4. Google Cares About Well-being: Employees can give each other massages and earn points. Employees can redeem these points for a free hour of massage on campus. Furthermore, one employee stated that when he had an accident, the company was concerned about him and granted him significant recovery time.

  5. Extended Maternity Leave: In the United States, maternity leave is six months. However, at Google, parents receive six paid weeks and mothers can take 18 weeks during which they receive stipends for clothing and diapers. Also, when parents return to work, there are days when they can bring their children to the company and care for them.

  6. Benefits for Deceased Workers' Families: If an employee dies while working at Google, their spouse receives half of their salary for the next 10 years. There is an additional benefit for their children of $1000 dollars per month.

  7. Free Gym and Fitness Classes: Google has gyms and exercise spaces available to all its employees. They are free of charge.

  8. 80/20 Rule: This rule allows employees to dedicate 80% of their time to their main job and the remaining 20% to projects they are passionate about and believe can help the company.

Cons
  1. Simple jobs for brilliant minds: According to one participant, the selection process at Google is very demanding, and they choose very intelligent people to work for their company, but then assign them mechanical tasks that require no challenge.

  2. Difficulty of promotion: Several forum participants pointed out that achieving a promotion can take years.

  3. Difficulty of innovating: Another criticism they made is that Google is not an entrepreneurship incubator because employees can only participate in projects that benefit the company.

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Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
5.0

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