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Google is a great company to work for

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Google for less than 1 year
March 31, 2011
Mountain View, California
5.0
RecommendsNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  1. Lots of smart people around.
  2. Technology knowledge is abundant and easily accessible.
  3. Job impact on the world is tremendous.
  4. Neat perks.
Cons

The company is now very large, so it takes a while for things to happen, on the org side and on the tech side, too.

Advice to Management

For new projects that Google starts, think of them more as an investor, not an employer.

Ask harder questions about the target audience, go-to-market strategy, and expected returns. This will hopefully help avoid the flops like Wave was, which nobody could even explain without demoing it.

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