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Great place to work, but it's getting more and more corporate

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Google for 20 years
January 26, 2023
Mountain View, California
4.0
RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Despite everything, the hiring bar is still pretty high.

Excellent place to gain experience with really cool technologies.

Great name recognition, great to have on your resume.

Cons

Google has a really bad case of "not-invented-here." They have custom/internal versions of all the major kinds of tools. The upshot of that is that if you want to leave Google, you won't have a lot of experience with common things, even Google Cloud Services.

They use a completely different infrastructure internally for production services.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
4.0

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