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Great learning expereience and helped my grow career wise
Project Coordinator (Former Employee) –  New York, NYNovember 20, 2019
I was hired through a recruiting company so my experience is through a contracters experience. It is hard to transfer over as FTE. But i do say now that I have been gone for over a year. Google has taught me alot and ive gained soo much knowledge that I dont think I would have learned anywhere else. They are well advanced in framework and processes compared to other companies and It makes sense why they are one of the top companies in the world.
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Intellignet Co-Workers
Global Insights Lead (Former Employee) –  Playa Vista, CANovember 20, 2019
Intelligent Co-Workers and supportive teams, but limited upward mobility after a time at the company. Great place to learn a core set of digital skills and be on the forefront of technology
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Google/Allied Universal
Supervisor (Current Employee) –  New York, NYNovember 20, 2019
I do not work for Google, I work for Allied Universal. Google is Allied's client. Google chose security companies that they want to work in their building. Allied Universal was selected by Google. Allied Universal hires the security officers to work in the Google building.
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4.0
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Great but intense
YouTube Global Product Lead (Former Employee) –  New York, NYNovember 19, 2019
Great work environment, but hard to advance. Lots of competition and people get stuck all at the same level. Also work/life balance can be difficult with the expectations.
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Toxic Start Up
Senior Fulfillment Lead (Former Employee) –  New York, NYNovember 19, 2019
Google Express was a startup - one month after relocating for my dream job, I was told that Google Express might be enduring layoffs. The next year was the worst layoff experience of my professional career. All of my resentment stems from the layoff of Google Express and the staffing agency that they hired and not of Google itself.
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Zero Life Balance
Cloud Solutions Architect / Technical Program Manager (Current Employee) –  Mountain View, CANovember 19, 2019
Expect to work 80 - 90 hours a week if you want a decent perf. Management changes frequently and not always in a good way. Job assignments are vague and perf is torture.
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4.0
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Great place to work with smart helpful people
Product Technology Manager Intern (Former Employee) –  Mountain View, CANovember 18, 2019
- Everyone is super smart and super helpful
- Work is ambiguous and it's more of you deciding what you want to work on than being handed tasks
- Managers really work towards enabling your career growth and providing the right guidance/feedback/support
- There are a lot of opportunities to move around in different teams and functions
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4.0
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Very welcoming environment
Data Center Technician / Fiber Technician (Former Employee) –  Lynnwood, WANovember 18, 2019
Very well around work environment to with with.
I would recommend them as a place to work, as it was very educational and also a great experience.

I highly recommended working at Google.
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5.0
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Best job EVER
AGILITY OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (Former Employee) –  Champaign, ILNovember 15, 2019
I couldn't have a better opinion of Google X as everyone was beyond helpful and extremely accommodating. It was an absolute honor to have worked with some of the brightest minds in creating radical new technologies to solve some of the worlds hardest problems.
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stressful and very strict on how their customer satisfaction policy
Fiber Specialist (Former Employee) –  San Marcos, TXNovember 15, 2019
Can be stress free if you are used to working at call centers, and it would be better to work full time because otherwise all the policies are slightly stricter on you for be there only part time since you wont be there as long as everyone else and will get alot less calls overall than those who are full time. You have to know what you are doing because just one call can make it or break in terms of your customer satisfaction score.
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3.0
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Love it
I also do transcription on a freelance (Current Employee) –  RemoteNovember 15, 2019
I do search terms for google as l see what is easiest to find for people looking for a career with a top100 company culture is great. Google have a lot of services and I find them to be really good.
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4.0
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Good company to work.
Technical Recruiter (Lead) (Current Employee) –  Technical Recruiter (Lead)November 15, 2019
Positive environment Friendly team and approachable Managers and Leads Learning opportunities if you are sincere and committed, hard work pays off. Also good for learning new things.
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Backend Java Engineer
Application Engineer (Current Employee) –  Mountain View, CANovember 15, 2019
I am dedicated individual and team player who enjoys working as backend developer. Always keen to learn new lessons and stay current on tech stack. I would like if the workplace culture is fun to be at work.
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5.0
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Lots of Perks on campus. Friendly working environment.
API Team Specialist (Former Employee) –  San Francisco, CANovember 14, 2019
I enjoyed the opportunity to work with Adword & Biz Dev. professionals at Google. I was exposed to Ad Buyers of $200,000+ per month of Ad spend. A great place to start your career.
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5.0
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Productive and fun work place with a ping pong table
Software Engineer Intern (Former Employee) –  WaterlooNovember 14, 2019
Laid back environment but plenty of opportunity to grow -- you're constantly surrounded by bright individuals. Company culture is generally inclusive, felt extremely comfortable working there.
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4.0
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Great money, solid tech, Stalinist culture
Site Reliability Engineer III (Former Employee) –  Kirkland, WANovember 14, 2019
The pay was great--and even better when the pager bonus (which was not mentioned in the offer) is counted.

The tech is, as it must be, groundbreaking. There are more problems with tech debt than might be expected, but resources tend to be thrown at problems before things go critical. Do note: on average, the engineers there are merely above average. Lots of greatness there, but also a lot of embarrassing code.

Their promotion of tech leaders to management has a siginficant drawback, in that these two skills are extremely different. First-level managers especially are very random in their skill.

But beware: Google is even more aggressively liberal internally than externally. Conservatives keep their heads down, and being outed can lead to unbearable conditions.
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4.0
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Great place to work!
Children's Center Educator (Current Employee) –  Mountain View, CANovember 14, 2019
Long commute, but an excellent work place. Benefits are top notch, caring co-workers. Manager that really care and are committed to improving. I highly recommend working there.
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Really fun place to work
Member of the Hardware Operations Team (HWOPS) (Former Employee) –  Atlanta, GANovember 14, 2019
Great workflow and management. Amazing food and people. Various group projects in different areas and time shifts. Travel. Great atmosphere. Great hardware and solutions.
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4.0
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Great experience would work again
street driver (Former Employee) –  New Haven, CTNovember 14, 2019
If you like driving and going to new places this is a great job, paid diet and room if needed while traveling, the tevh behing google street view was fun to learn
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Fun place to Work
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (Former Employee) –  Cambridge, MANovember 13, 2019
Laid back creative environment. Inclusive diverse environment worked with many talented individuals. Lots of projects and communication globally. Monthly work fair showcasing employees newly developing product and launches of personal developed products. Fun and interesting people to work and collaborate with.
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