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Sr. Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Google for 6 years
October 20, 2025
Mountain View, California
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Google has one of the best engineering cultures of any place. They fully support you and treat you like a valued member, even if you are just starting out. They expect and let you contribute across the enterprise.

Cons

As the company has grown, so have the expectations of all projects being large and scalable. Since being able to show impact is the way all projects are measured, all changes must be equally large to be considered valuable.

Advice to Management

Google needs a way to launch products again without affecting the larger, money-making products. Whether this is by making a secondary brand for all these projects or some other political change, the smaller, more interesting experiments need to be done outside the core products again.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
3.0

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