Does Google pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Google employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Google. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Google?

87% of Google employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Google 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Google?

Software Engineer (10495) , Senior Software Engineer (1602) , Intern (1232) , Software Developer (1218) , Account Manager (845) , Product Manager (795) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (767) , Analyst (756) , Program Manager (625) , Project Manager (609) , SWE Intern (543) , Data Scientist (514) , Internship (500) , Software Engineer(Internship) (496) , Manager (482)

What are the pros of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"My teammates were really great people and did a lot to help me get up and running."" ((in 4221 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3704 reviews)); "It was a great environment and culture that I looked forward to going to every day." ((in 3467 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2658 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2351 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Google according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and lots to learn if you are not a learner it might not be the best place" ((in 818 reviews)); "bad management and rude to customers" ((in 747 reviews)); "Frequent Reorganizations & Layoffs – Business shifts can lead to team changes or job instability." ((in 574 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 556 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 296 reviews))

What are employees saying about Google layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Google layoffs and their outlook for job security at Google in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Google locations?

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Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,472 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,472 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Google employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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48K reviews

4.0

Dec 10, 2009

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Pros

Google has a great environment. The employees are very knowledgeable and kind. Great perks as well if you are an employee.

Cons

Google is a very young company still, so not all of it's infrastructure seems to be in place just yet.

4.0

Nov 15, 2009

Generally one of the best

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Tons of career development, transparency, benefits, intelligent coworkers, exciting industry to be engaged in. Relaxed, casual and fun atmosphere. Lots of side projects that you can dip your toes in.

Cons

Too much ambiguity at times, relatively low pay, promotional structure is opaque and frustrating, engineers can be difficult to work with.

4.0

Nov 1, 2009

Google

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Pros

great benefits amazing people to work with wonderful work environment amazing food! innovative work environment

Cons

Sometimes decisions are made top down with little to no involvement from middle management. Although they have peer recognition programs in place I don't think management does enough to recognize the efforts of their employees -- especially their managers. The extensive collaboration can at times drag projects out because everyone has to be involved and have their say in the project. As a larger company now -- Google seems to be far more process and structure driven -- partly out of necessity -- but it has changed the overall attitude and work environment.

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