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Great Perks, Terrible Management

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Google for 2 years
December 20, 2022
Mountain View, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Compensation, health insurance, and perks are good.

Cons

Your manager has the ability to make your life miserable. Even if they violate company policy, the company is more likely to back the manager over you.

Be very selective about your first team because it greatly impacts how long you'll stay at Google. With the new GRAD ratings, it's effectively impossible to change teams, as you only get one rating for an entire year, based on which team you were on the longest.

If you change teams, or even try to change teams, your manager can give you a poor rating for not completing goals that were scheduled for the end of the period. This can, in turn, lead to you losing your annual bonus or even the new team retracting their offer altogether.

If your manager is bad, you won't last at Google, but sadly, they will.

Advice to Management

Yearly ratings are a bad idea. Allowing a previous manager to determine the rating of an employee that transfers to a new team is a really bad idea.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
2.0

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