Over the past few months, I've noticed increasing amounts of negative sentiment towards Google on Blind. Sure, these complaints are probably justified. Lowball, downleveling, lower hiring bar (?), new perf rating, low career growth, etc. Genuine question though, what companies are actually better than Google these days, holistically taking into account everything such as brand name, TC, stock performance, WLB, perks, culture, and career growth all together? Meta maybe? Is Google still the highest paying company for $/hr still? TC 245 YOE 3.5
Majority of these comments are bitter because they got rejected
Nah I just had better options. Google interview wasn’t as hard as it’s cracked up to be.
G recuiter straight up told me that they wont match Meta last year But they have great benefits as wlb and mobility
Google is back in favor now after the recent stock market changes
In general, most people who frequent blind are short sighted and base opinions of companies on the stock market. In a bear market, Google is king. In a bull market, Google sucks cause 1mil TC at SNAP and peloton, etc. 🤷🏽♂️
Come to AOL. We have awesome work life balance
Being a NEET
Being a NEET optimizes hard for WLB. Not much career growth potential, but 0 hour fully WFH work weeks can't be beat.
10+ years ago, I think FAANG was clearly the place to be. Now that perks and comp have caught up at smaller companies and FAANG has slightly stagnated, the answer is less clear and probably dependent on what you're looking for in life. For example, if you are looking to grind out quick promos and increase TC very quickly, Google is not the place to be. On the other hand, there's nowhere better for stability and coasting.
Is stability still there with the new GRAD system?
Good point, IMO it's all conjecture because execs say one thing and mean another these days--need to see how it plays out
Amazon much better
Unironically LinkedIn
I'd agree, but I find the social media part of the product very cringe inducing
As long as they pay for your shit, why you care