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An authoritarian, Asian-style management

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Google for 4 years
September 22, 2022
Seattle, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive Outlook
Pros
  1. Relatively good salary and company-wide benefits. Although not exceptional anymore.
  2. Good job stability so far.
  3. Good work/life balance.
Cons
  1. Authoritarian low-level management. Management in Google is an Asian, Chinese-style. Your leads, not even managers, have complete power over you but no accountability. You are not working with them; you can only obey them.

  2. No respect to engineering work. When I told my new manager that I prefer more engineering-type work, she promptly suggested I should leave the company. They need facilitators.

  3. No diversity. Google is dominated by Chinese now. Our team of 13 hired 5 people, all Chinese. Now we have only 3 non-Chinese members out of 18 people. Probably, issue #1 stems from there.

Advice to Management

Do something with culture. If leads have so much power, they must undergo the same review as management.

Do something with diversity. You hire people from the same ethnicity, they bring their culture with them, and manage others accordingly.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
3.0

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