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 (10459) , Senior Software Engineer (1598) , Intern (1227) , Software Developer (1216) , Account Manager (843) , Product Manager (793) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (766) , Analyst (753) , Program Manager (624) , Project Manager (609) , SWE Intern (542) , Data Scientist (514) , Internship (499) , Software Engineer(Internship) (495) , 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 4170 reviews)); "great benefits and I do believe they build some of the best products out there." ((in 3730 reviews)); "Great environment and culture for each individual to proactively dive into what ever they are working on." ((in 3455 reviews)); "In those positions you can have a good work/life balance and just use all the benefits" ((in 2656 reviews)); "the pay is good and the fellow engineers are very smart" ((in 2310 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 815 reviews)); "bad management and rude to customers" ((in 745 reviews)); "recent layoffs and company culure" ((in 572 reviews)); "People are forced out by bad managers via bad annual reviews and PIP program to get there friends in there." ((in 559 reviews)); "Bad leadership and goal progress" ((in 304 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

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4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(48,362 total reviews)

Sundar Pichai

82% 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 48,362 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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48K reviews

5.0

Jun 6, 2012

Awesome company to work for

Online sales

Recommend

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Pros

Work life balance? Yes, you got it. You can find it at this high tech company! They even have a mother's room for you to feed your little baby. There was on-site washer and dryer. An employee got transferred from NY to MV HQ and didn't got out for a month, just living on Google campus! A lot of young and bright minds to work with, they will absolutely inspire you! The food is awesome and you will gain the infamous Google 15-30 lbs! The problem you are working to solve is instantly used by billions of people. How exciting that is!!!

Cons

Very little supervision, some times, new hires do not know what not to do. Maybe that's the way to encourage and cultivate creativity!

5.0

May 15, 2012

Work at Google and you will not hate your job

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Google is a dream company to work for! Perfect work-life balance.

Cons

I cannot think of any cons over the top of my head at the moment but there have been very few moments where something didn't go/happen as I expected. The cross all your expectations most of the time. Employee satisfation is very important to them

4.0

May 9, 2012

good experience

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

i really like working within google everyone is nice and cool and they have lot of advantage compared to other companies

Cons

i am working abroad an i would like to work in my home country morocco for this reason am striving to work within microsoft

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