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Staff Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Google for 2 years
April 15, 2021
New York, New York
4.0
Recommends
Pros

Excellent meals. Generally a great work environment. Superb internal tools. Folks are nice. Very low pressure environment.

Cons

Lots of talent there, but not always clear what to work on. Warehouses full of shelf-ware. Many half-baked projects start and are vaporized when they lead nowhere. This is a good strategy for Google; as a monopoly, they can start a thousand projects. If a couple turn out well, they write the others off, as their giant cash machine covers all costs.

One beef: it's harder being older there. Explicit ageism was very rare, but there was a strong strain of "let's celebrate youth" – the famous "take your parents to work day." Once in a while, I was on the receiving end of some condescending nonsense as an "unwoke" ancient. It's precious snowflake central – nice kids – but they've no clue how the rest of the working world works.

Additional Ratings

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

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