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 (10464) , 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 4217 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3686 reviews)); "It was a great environment and culture that I looked forward to going to every day." ((in 3454 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2661 reviews)); "Would recommend Software Engineering/Development/PM at Google if you want a nice comfy job with perks and good pay." ((in 2329 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 822 reviews)); "bad management and rude to customers" ((in 756 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 577 reviews)); "Recent layoffs (I've not been impacted) have felt really sad to experience." ((in 569 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 295 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 Google locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Berlin , Frankfurt am Main , Hamburg , München

Google reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,390 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

82% 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 48,390 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

Apr 29, 2009

Great place to work - if that's all you are concerned about.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You work with really smart and down-to-earth technical people on projects that have direct and visible impact to the world.

Cons

It has grown so big that it has lost some of its culture. Career advancement is now the slow slough in any big multinational company. And late-comers might envy the people who joined earlier who got more opportunities to advance.

4.0

Apr 29, 2009

Great company to work for still, but flaws lower morale

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- good benefits & good salaries. Google treats its engineers very well, even in these economic times - very smart people, world class engineers (quality varies from group to group, though) that make very fun co-workers whether to discuss life, politics, or engineering - big impact. You know the stuff you build can affect, positively or negatively, millions of users

Cons

- inconsistent vision. You're never quite sure what senior management is thinking, or whether they have a master plan. In fact after working there for several years you're beginning to think they don't. A lot of decisions are whim decisions. Projects get killed on a whim and resurrected on a whim - launches & rollouts extremely frustrating. A lot of launch gates & reviews, some are understandable but some are quite ridiculous. Too few people control too many aspects of things.

4.0

Apr 28, 2009

Google: pretty good

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good coworkers, sane management by and large.

Cons

Big company, enormous code base, everything is slow.

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