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Great perks, great projects, great food. Long hours if you're not careful

Software Development Intern
Former Employee
Worked at Google for less than 1 year
October 3, 2008
Mountain View, California
5.0
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Pros

There are a ton of engineering resources, and everything is pretty open and transparent within the company. Lots of on-the-job perks, and there are really cool projects all over the company to spend time on.

Cons

There is a culture of working long hours there, and 20% time is pretty much a myth now. If anything, it's 120% time. As well, the San Francisco to Mountain View commute is a little grating after a while.

Advice to Management

As an intern, I didn't really interact with senior management a whole lot, so I couldn't really say.

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