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 (10483) , Senior Software Engineer (1601) , Intern (1230) , Software Developer (1218) , Account Manager (844) , Product Manager (795) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (767) , Analyst (754) , Program Manager (624) , Project Manager (609) , SWE Intern (543) , Data Scientist (514) , Internship (500) , Software Engineer(Internship) (496) , Manager (483)

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 4195 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3739 reviews)); "It was a great environment and culture that I looked forward to going to every day." ((in 3430 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2679 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2336 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 825 reviews)); "Bad management and quite bureaucratic" ((in 724 reviews)); "frequent layoffs are very common in the industry" ((in 587 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 565 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 294 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?

München , Hamburg , Berlin , Frankfurt am Main , Köln , Lustadt , Hannover , Heilbronn , Bochum , Frankenthal (Pfalz)

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4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,441 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Culture & values

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.2

Career opportunities

3.9

Senior management

Google has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 48,441 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0

Jan 12, 2011

Still a very nice place to work, after all these years

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

- very nice engineering infrastructure, you can a lot of resources to do things you can never think of in other places

Cons

- big and complex, could move faster in some areas

4.0

Jan 11, 2011

Fast paced, exciting

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best place for a software engineer. Superb infrastructure. Relatively fast development cycle. Great perks. Good food. Flexible work hours

Cons

Limited freedom. 20% time is nonsense because it is not implemented. Middle management is inefficient. This is getting worse as the organization is growing in size.

4.0

Jan 10, 2011

Great place to learn, tough place to grow

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing opportunities to learn about technology, product management from some of the best and the brightest. You can instantly work on a high traffic product day one.

Cons

Hard to grow in your career. Lots of unattractive projects for new people. If you aren't careful, you can easily get stuck with something you don't want to do.

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