Are promos tough in Google?

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dhanteras

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dhanteras
Nov 3, 2021 5 Comments

Have heard promos are very tough in Google. But, seeing several people (fresh grads) on linkedIn who went from L3 to L5 within 4 years or L4 to L5 within 1.5-2 years. Search for Google senior software engineer.

Also, what does it take to get such fast promos?

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  • Google
    WfhWtf

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    WfhWtf
    Hard work + lucky to get high impact/visibility projects

    Hard work :
    You need ~ 2+ SEEs for a promo and ratings distribution is relative and quite controlled ( less than 35% get SEE+ in any org)

    Luck :
    When you are joining at L3/4, you might be talking with 3-5 teams max, no way to ensure you'll get high impact/visibility work as managers are experts in selling their teams.
    After joining at L3/4 , you'll have atleast 5-10 similar people under your manager, why will they give you all good projects to a new comer ?

    Google also publishes time to promotion across levels / orgs internally and ~1 yr promos are extremely rare or for already downlevelled people

    Median time to promo for L3->4 is 2 yrs and L4-> L5 is 2.5 yrs
    Nov 3, 2021 0
  • Uber / Eng
    jhgjm

    Go to company page Uber Eng

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    Amazon
    jhgjm
    Nothing much. Hardwork and a wee bit of luck!
    Nov 3, 2021 0
  • Is it location dependent? How many are from India?
    Nov 3, 2021 2