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Great place to be, but not too great to stay

Software Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Google for less than 1 year
October 23, 2008
Bengaluru, Karnataka
1.0
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Pros

Perks.

Free food and other facilities.

You'll work on something that is used by millions of people. Opportunity to work with some of the best people in the country.

Cons

As it has grown big, Google has become miserably stagnant when it comes to giving proper recognition to employees during perf-cycles and promotion. They manage to suck the top brains from fresh college grads (from IITs, IISc) at a low package, yet quoting an attractive package which differs from CTC by at least $12,000 yearly. Needless to say, these include the cost of "perks" shown at an exaggerated rate and some components which are never realized. Whereas in off-campus recruitment, they make a reasonably good offer (often more than double, triple the amount offered to college hires of the same level) to get a candidate, even if it may be for a test engineer position.

Work is often monotonous and rarely helps your career growth. Even after working for years on so-called "cool" products, that hardly sells outside Google. And if you think you're going to spend your entire career in Google until retirement, it's going to be a sure-shot peril to your technical career. So, rid yourself of the pride of working in the "best company" and look for a better career for yourself.

Advice to Management

Instead of pulling "great" people from outside at overpaid compensation, invest in retaining the great people you already have working in your organization.

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