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Test Server Tech
Platforms Hardware Development (Former Employee), Mountain View, CA – September 24, 2012
Google Mountain View Ca.
Platforms Hardware Development, Install server racks and systems, circulators and routers. Plug in
Optic connectors and fiber and network cables. Make adjustments and upgrades to meet needs.
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Media Opeartions Specialist
Media Operations Specialist (Current Employee), Mountain View, CA – September 10, 2012
Ensured that high quality TV spots flowed smoothly and efficiently from advertisers to TV
publishers.
• Corrected issues in TV ads to conform to standards for Google TV ads.
• Developed strong rapport with account managers to resolve issues with advertiser ads.
• Overhauled and rewrote Media Operation Center guidelines to scale ingestion.
• Updated – more... external support documents to provide improved troubleshooting for Google TV ads.
• Decreased overall bug count through prioritization.
• Promoted to YouTube video specialist, where pay per stream movies and television programs
were delivered to partner channels in the highest quality possible. – less
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Clean workplace with individual offices.
Senior Engineer (Former Employee), Overland Park, KS – September 7, 2012
Pros: provided lunches
Cons: left area and closed office when economic collapse occurred in 2009.
I take incoming calls and emails from world wide clients. I work out solutions to problems, installations and migrations to newer versions of software. I tested software for issues to resolve technical issues and new features.
Google was a green company and worked with the employees to better the world through recycling and use of alternate sources – more... of energy.
My co-workers were like an extended family.
The hardest part of the job was shutting down the office when the economy collapsed. – less
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Fantastic place to work
Agency Business Development Lead (Current Employee), New York, NY – September 5, 2012
incredible career opportunities over the past 5 years - not much I can say more about Google - work / life balance and quality of work has been phenominal!
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Work From Home
Transcriber (Former Employee), Los Angeles, CA – September 5, 2012
Pros: working from home! can't complain when you get to work in your pj's in the comfort of your own home.
Cons: inconsistent work loads
Worked from home on a bi weekly basis. Work loads were issued to employees who wanted to work and how much was delegated. Unfortunately the work was inconsistent in how much and how often jobs would come in.
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Interesting projects but no career advancement and very bureaucratic
Data Monkey (Former Employee), Mountain View, CA – August 30, 2012
Pros: 30 cafes
Cons: straight out of mba managers
There's a reason why people leave. Perks are great but useless when work is unfulfilling and management is terrible.
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Great Work environment
Transportation Manager / Event Parking Coordinator (Current Employee), Venice, CA – August 29, 2012
Google allows for Google Employees and Vendors to work side by side in an open minded environment.
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Good Company
Recruiting Assistant (Former Employee), Santa Monica, CA – August 15, 2012
I believe that working at Google was a good experience in both the Mountain View and Santa Monica, CA offices.
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Productive and fun place to work
Project Coordinator for Google Maps (Current Employee), Mountain View, CA – August 11, 2012
Pros: free food, gym, schedule
Cons: commute if you live in sf
Best place to have flexible schedule and freedom of inner entrepreneurship of projects
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Incredible company and workplace environment
Software Scanner and Associate (Former Employee), Mountain View, CA – August 7, 2012
Pros: got to work for google and free lunch and snacks provided everyday
Cons: it was a contract assignment which ended after 2 years
Worked as a software scanner for the Google online book search project. Google was an incredible company to work for and really soaked up every minute I could working for an amazing company like Google.

Hardest part of the job was to consistently to meet the scanning quota of 16,500 pages daily however I was a hard efficent worker and made sure my – more... quota was met daily.

The team I worked with was a great bunch of men and women along with great management to train us an show us the way on how to operate and use the scanners. – less
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Productive and great company
Online Marketing Coordinator (Current Employee), Mountain View, CA – August 7, 2012
Pros: free everything
Best company to work ever. Difficult to become a FTE if you start as a contractor.
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Great employees and great products!
Affiliate Manager for Small Business Acquisition (Current Employee), Mountain View CA – August 6, 2012
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Cons: example: short breaks, healthcare, etc.
Wonderful people here. The core product (AdWords) sells itself, so you are mainly an executor and a communicator, which makes the job much easier.
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Deployment of CLOS NETWORK
Contractor (Former Employee), Mountain View, CA – August 2, 2012
IDEAL CAREER ENVIRONMENT FOR ANY IT SPECIALIST
GREAT PEOPLE
GREAT FOOD
GREAT WORK LOADS
ENJOYED EVERY SECOND IN TEAM ENVIRONMENT
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Great! Amazing employer
Contracted Visual Data Specialist (Former Employee), Kirkland, WA – July 23, 2012
Pros: catered lunch, free snacks, lots of windows, comfortable working environment, great facilities
Cons: i only did contract work, so job security was there but only for a period.
Absolutely wonderful.. if you're comfy and enjoy your job you will work all the more.
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Fun work place
PROJECT MANAGEMENT (Current Employee), Mountain View – July 12, 2012
fun work environment. generally good work life balance. typical day includes managing projects, eating in cafes, and going to work out
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Bret – August 1, 2012

That does indeed sound like a good day. Is there a place to workout on site?

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Google is great most of the time
Senior Account Manager (Current Employee), San Francisco, CA – July 10, 2012
Pros: free lunch, fun and vibrant co-workers
Cons: little career advancement opportunities, glass ceiling, management politics
A typical day involves a lot of freedom, minimal micromanaging, and fun client work. But also involves a lot of managing upward and striving to be heard amidst all the noise (it is a big company afterall).
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Love the people that worked there.
Quality Control (Former Employee), Mountain View, CA – July 10, 2012
Very fun and interesting place to work i loved the work environment and my co-workers.
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A very clean and secure workplace with a great team of people.
Journeyman Electrician (Former Employee), Atlanta, GA – July 6, 2012
Worked with a great team of people who depended on me everyday. It was a job where I learn alot of new things.
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Good Start
Software Test Engineer (Current Employee), Libertyville, IL – July 3, 2012
Pros: co-workers
Cons: pay
Google has been a blessed experience. I've learned a great deal about myself and enhanced my knowledge on cell phones, testing, android and linux. Of these, I feel linux was the biggest learning curve in my development. I want to upgrade more knowledge in this OS software. Working with others and as a team and at times leading a small group was the – more... most enjoyable part. – less
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Good to work at, really miss the job
Master Control Operator (Former Employee), Mountain View, CA – July 2, 2012
Work environment is very professional and cubicals are a plus. Hard day on the job is when you have to meet data quota
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Google is not a conventional company, and we don’t intend to become one. At Google, we know that every employee has something – Read more