Life at Google
Get to know who we are - from the inside out. From our history and culture, to the people behind our products, get the inside scoop on all things Googley.
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Fortune Names Google the 2014 “Best Company to Work For”
Fortune Magazine and the Great Place to Work Institute named Google the 2014 “Best Company Work For.” This marks our fifth time at the top of the list. While we’re honored to be included, what makes us proud is the recognition of the great contributions Googlers make to the communities in which we live and work.
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Do Cool Things That Matter
Googlers solve complex problems everyday in the name of our core mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible to our users. But what makes working at Google truly unique is the workplace culture that encourages innovation and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Watch Alan Eustace, SVP of knowledge, explain the secret ingredient that makes Google a great place to work: our people.
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Thinking big: Larry Page talks moon shots
Whether it’s creating self-driving cars or translating the web into 64 languages, we love big bets. Our company culture encourages experimentation and the free flow of ideas. This perspective is not limited to our engineering teams and technical roles, but extends to all Googlers who share a desire to challenge what’s possible.
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Google by design
Since Larry Page took over as CEO in 2011, we've been more focused than ever on improving the user experience across all of our products. Learn how our design teams worked together to engineer a creative revolution in this story from The Verge.
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Creating an office for work and play
When you want people to think creatively and push the boundaries of what’s possible, their workspace shouldn’t be a drab maze of beige cubicles. Our offices have become well known for their innovative, fun and—some might say wacky—design. Like most of our decisions, data shows that these spaces have a positive impact on productivity, collaboration and inspiration. Simply put, we aim to make our offices a place that Googlers want to be. A reporter from The New York Times stopped by our Manhattan offices and was surprised by what he found.
Google: A great workplace for women
At Google, our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible. ...
Saying "I do" at Google London
San Francisco-based Googler Shaun Aukland gained unexpected, international attention when he asked his boyfriend Michael ...
Employee networks at Google
Diversity is a core part of our business and who we are. Watch this clip ...
Missions that matter
What happens when you mix together entrepreneurial drive, resources, freedom and the urge to do ...
Global Impact Awards: Giving back at Google scale
At Google, we believe in making the world a better place through technology. You could ...
Mind meld: Googlers teaching Googlers
Collaboration isn’t just about working together to solve problems or overcome challenges. At Google, it’s ...
The road to Omega: John Wilkes discusses computer science research and the future of Google infrastructure
Operating at a global scale presents some amazing challenges. To find solutions, Google recruits computer ...
A rare inside look at Google’s top-secret data centers
With all the talk about cloud computing, it’s easy to forget that the 20 billion ...
Going green for good
We want people to feel good about using Google products. One way we try to ...
A network’s first lesson in machine learning
Google researchers teamed up with Stanford University computer scientists to build a "deep learning" neural ...
Speed of dreams
Astro Teller (yes, that is his real name) shares how Google bets big on the ...
Exploring the world's art museums from home
Googler Amit Sood chats with CBS This Morning about his work on Google Art Project, ...
S.O.S.: When disaster strikes, Raquel and Crisis Response answer the call
When disaster strikes, Software Engineer Raquel Romano and the Google Crisis Response team spring into ...
Designing for simplicity: How Noah improved Google Search for iOS
After just three months at Google, Interaction Designer Noah Levin took the lead in changing ...
Google Instant goes global: Laura delivers our fastest search to the world
Creating and launching a new product can be daunting. Laura Holmes earned her stripes in ...
The front lines: Yvette and Sean on fighting the war on bugs
People depend on Google Maps every day to get them where they need to go. ...
Measure by measure: Analytics Advocate Adam Singer talks Google Analytics
Adam Singer is passionate about the power of data. As an Analytics Advocate for Google ...
Need for speed: How Matt helped Google Fiber upgrade internet service
At Google, speed is key. Business analysts and engineers alike create solutions at an incredible ...
Benefits
When it comes to our benefits and perks, we have everything you'd expect from a large company, like health insurance, retirement benefits and so on. But we also offer way more than the basics. Our benefits are part of who we are, and they're designed to take care of the whole you and keep you healthy, whether physically, emotionally, financially or socially.
How we hire
Our process is pretty basic; the path to getting hired usually involves a first conversation with a recruiter, a phone interview and an onsite interview at one of our offices. But there are a few things we've baked in along the way that make getting hired at Google a little different.