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Amazing Community, Great Perks

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Google for less than 1 year
December 25, 2014
Boston, Massachusetts
5.0
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Pros

I've met some of the nicest and smartest people ever at Google. The community is really amazing.

Perks are unbelievable: free food, 401k and donation match, generous vacation schedule.

I was able to maintain a very reasonable schedule and maintain a personal life, even close to project deadlines.

Cons

You may feel like only a cog in a large machine. Some projects must be done even if nobody really cares. There's very limited bottom-up innovation or decision-making. There are some amazing projects, really pushing the future, and some less exciting ones. According to your luck, you may be building robots or plug-ins for Google Plus.

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