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Weak management, no respect for contractors

QA Tester
Former Employee
Worked at Google for less than 1 year
July 8, 2010
Mountain View, California
3.0
No CEO Opinion
Pros

Obvious perks like food, gym, celebrity visits/talks, laundry, and dogs on campus.

Cons

The managers, from my experience, did not know how to manage. They seemed like former engineers who were just given the title.

There was no leadership, guidance, or followup throughout my year there. Also, when it came time to convert me to full-time, management failed and "forgot" to submit my application.

Contractors overall seemed pretty unhappy, even with all the awesome company perks. It just seemed like there was a lack of respect for us.

Advice to Management

Train your managers better. It's like the blind leading the blind sometimes over there, hence the "chaos" everyone is talking about.

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