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Getting to be a big company but still treats employees well

Staff Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Google for 6 years
July 8, 2017
Mountain View, California
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  • Great Benefits (Meals, Transportation, Gyms, on-site doctors and physical therapists)
  • Great co-workers
  • Upper management are real humans who genuinely care about others and get up in front of everyone every week and answer arbitrary questions -- You might not like the answers, but the fact that they're even up there is still amazing.
  • Depending on which area you're in, work/life balance is quite good.
Cons
  • Work might be less interesting than you want.

  • The promotion system can be very demoralizing because you're being judged by others who may not have full context. It incentivizes "salesmanship," which is not a skill that everyone has.

  • The company keeps getting bigger every year, so it becomes harder to have the same levels of trust and benefits as before.

  • The new CFO is putting the hammer down. This might actually be a good thing, as I think there were a lot of wasteful projects before.

Advice to Management

Keep listening to the folks on the ground and keep doing TGIF!

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