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Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Google for less than 1 year
August 28, 2009
Mountain View, California
4.0
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Pros
  • Smart people
  • Great technology
  • Engineering driven
  • Huge impact on the world
  • Profitable and financially stable
  • Perks
Cons
  • Base pay average, though bonus is high.
  • Low number of shares of stock (plus, stock prices are low compared to peak).
  • Getting big and bureaucratic (e.g., launch process long and painful).
  • Harder to advance because of stronger peers.
  • Minimal management attention: non-self-starters can get lost.
Advice to Management
  • Pay employees more.
  • Cut the bureaucracy and make things easier.

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