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Extremely long hours. Your co-workers are only in it for themselves

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Google for 9 years
July 17, 2017
Mountain View, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  • Free food
  • On-site gym
  • Everyone will like you more because you work for Google
Cons

Everyone outside of work won't stop asking about Google.

All of the free food and dessert will make you fat.

Co-workers with a god complex everywhere. They're all at the top of their games with little humility. You will get lonely.

Minimal chance for advancement.

Everyone is on edge here. No one can relax. You will get lonely.

My co-worker insulted a Chinese co-worker all the time and no one said a word, which is indicative of the culture here.

Long commute times on the over-packed buses, akin to taking two coach flights per day on the smallest airplane.

Outdated equipment.

Broken toilets everywhere. Broken bikes everywhere. Everything is broken.

Knowing that this is the best job on the planet makes all of this even more depressing.

The "Google exceptionalism" mentality permeates everything and everyone here.

Low wages compared to competition.

I could go on and on.

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