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      Google Software Developer reviews

      4.4

      88% would recommend to a friend

      (9,694 total reviews)
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      Sundar Pichai

      83% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

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      Software Developer employees have rated Google with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 9,694 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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      10K reviews
      3.0
      Jun 16, 2008

      Worth the trouble.

      Software engineer
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      Pros

      It's nice to feel like part of something greater than oneself — Google has a whole lot going on at any given time, and there is a strongly intellectually curious atmosphere among the employees. The perks are fantastic, too — there is no easy nor compelling way to argue against free hot meals up to three times a day, and there's always something exciting or interesting or intellectually challenging to work on. The colorful and relatively playful atmosphere are also an excellent change of pace from the standard-issue dreary cubicle existence that plagues most office jobs out there in the US.

      Cons

      Long hours! Not the place for people who want to have a life outside of work, but then they aren't the type who wind up getting hired anyway.

      5.0
      Jun 14, 2008

      Still one of the best places to work at.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Working at Google, you have really smart co-workers. In the beginning it struck me that people quickly understood my ideas, something I wasn't used to from college. Another great advantage at Google is that it is very engineering driven. Generally, engineers are given enough of freedom to work on what they consider to be most important. The role of product managers is to help engineers figure out what that is and to help in communications, but ultimately engineers are making the decision. Being an engineer, I very much enjoy this and I think it makes a lot of sense given that engineers understand the technologies involved best.

      Cons

      A lot of the interesting problems and challenges have already been solved. In particular as a junior software engineer, you'll work on not so exciting tasks. Also, due to the fast growth of the company, the impact an individual makes is not as big as it used to be.

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