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Google Work Life Balance

The Work Life Balance at Google is rated a C+ by 3539 employees putting it in the Top 50% of similar size companies on Comparably. 71% of Google employees are satisfied with their work life balance while 48% feel they are burnt out. A well proportioned work life balance is necessary to keep employees happy and productive.

About 56% of the employees at Google work eight hours or less, while 11% of them have a very long day - longer than twelve hours. The Majority of Google employees are satisfied with their work life balance and do not feel burnt out.

In general, employees in the Sales department and employees in the Customer Support department believe they have good work life balance while Non-Binary employees and employees in the Customer Success department think there is room for improvement.

Work Life Balance
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C+

Google is in the Top 50% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

Happiness
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A+

Google is in the Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

Culture Score
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A

Google is in the Top 10% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

  • Google promotes itself as inclusive, diverse, fun, collaborative, and more but looking at news and reviews.... It seems if you have differing views (religious), are diverse (female Asian), or want work life balance you won't be accepted?
    I am a female asian at Google, and there are many ,many like me here (many, many of them with kids). Google is my fourth company and while there are issues here and there (as you would expect in any company with more than 100,000+ employees), it still way ahead of other places I have worked at. But by all means, if it makes you feel better than your race and gender is the reason you are not getting hired, keep telling yourself that.
    Answered 5 years ago
    Yes very much so. They do not value women who want to have children, the disabled, and/or people who need work life balance. They also frown upon political actions or anyone speaking out about unfair policy, or saying some of the tech is "creepy"
    Answered 6 years ago
    I agree. Take YouTube for example, if you express an opposing view, they will demonetize and/or remove your channel. I can't speak for everybody, but work/life balance isn't very good. Many of the problems that you work on is not trivial and requires a lot of investment in time. Maybe that is why it's hard to get an offer from them.
    Answered 6 years ago
    Google has SOMETHING against black folks. There are NONE on the executive team presented here. Sometimes companies fake diversity -especially when headed by people to whom black folks are invisible.
    Answered 6 years ago

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How Employees Rate Google's Work Life Balance

AnswerPercent
Yes71%
No29%
Are you satisfied with your work/life balance?
AnswerPercent
7 or less19%
837%
1024%
129%
More than 1211%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
AnswerPercent
>1 hour15%
1 hour25%
45 minutes21%
30 minutes23%
I eat at my desk16%
How long do you take for lunch breaks?
AnswerPercent
Yes48%
No52%
Do you feel burnt out at work?
AnswerPercent
Excellent28%
Good27%
Neutral19%
Not Great15%
Terrible11%
How’s the work life balance at your company?
Who Ranks the Work Life Balance highest at Google?
Department - Sales 71/100
Department - Customer Support 70/100
Department - Communications 70/100
Who Ranks the Work Life Balance lowest at Google?
Gender - Non-Binary 51/100
Department - Customer Success 53/100
Department - Business Development 56/100

Google Work Life Balance by Department

Work Life BalanceHappinessCulture Score
SalesB+A+A
EngineeringBA+A
DesignB-A+A+
ProductC+A+A
MarketingC+A+A+
OperationsD+AA-

Google Work Life Balance by Experience

Work Life BalanceHappinessCulture Score
Entry LevelB-A+A+
1 to 3 YearsB-A+A+
3 to 6 YearsC+A+A+
6 to 10 YearsC-A+A
Over 10 YearsC-A+A
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