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 (10466) , Senior Software Engineer (1599) , Intern (1230) , Software Developer (1217) , Account Manager (843) , Product Manager (792) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (767) , Analyst (753) , Program Manager (623) , Project Manager (609) , SWE Intern (542) , Data Scientist (514) , Internship (499) , Software Engineer(Internship) (495) , Manager (484)

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 4230 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3720 reviews)); "Great environment and culture for each individual to proactively dive into what ever they are working on." ((in 3425 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2645 reviews)); "Would recommend Software Engineering/Development/PM at Google if you want a nice comfy job with perks and good pay." ((in 2322 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 797 reviews)); "Bad management and quite bureaucratic" ((in 734 reviews)); "frequent layoffs are very common in the industry" ((in 567 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 557 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 310 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)

Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,394 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

83% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 48,394 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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Reviews by job title

48K reviews

4.0

Oct 6, 2009

How to combine work and fun

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Management follows the model of the open source community, the attitude of everyone is very open. There are many well-known extras. You're working with people at the top of their game.

Cons

Some people still whine that they don't have enough extras. The workspace is very hectic and noisy. Sometimes things seem to move too fast in every direction.

5.0

Sep 28, 2009

Large Scaled data processing. Front-end tweaks and applications. Search. GMail. AI.

Software engineer iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Code base. Data mining. Datacenters. Employee expertise. Openness. Food. flexibility Perks Global position

Cons

Mergers and acquisitions not up to par.

5.0

Sep 22, 2009

Great benefits that spoil the spoiled rotten.

Visual designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits at Google are amazing. The free 5-star catering for lunch. The decent breakfast and dinner options. We even have a sushi-chef on-site in the NYC office. The entire company and all of its employees enjoy learning and it is very respected when you take internal training courses and/or share industry information with your peers. You are expected to be brilliant. You are expected to output great, creative, innovative work. You are expected to be the best of the best. And they only hire the best candidates out of top-tier private schools with applicable research, industry or work experience.

Cons

The downside of working at Google is getting lost among all the other brilliant people. The loudest and most talkative employees are the ones that get the most recognition. The people who complain the most get the most attention.

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