Creating a separate thread to track the any progress on this topic for this week. There has be a tremendous response and a ton of useful information posted in the past couple of weeks. We have been constantly trending up week over week in terms of views & comments. Let us continue doing so going in to week #5 (post freeze date). Even though it is LW in USA, creating this thread for the benefit of our international counter parts. Summary from past week: 1. We did see more critical/prioritized roles (SWE in Android, YouTube, Core Platform, Ads, etc.) come out of freeze and offers were extended in the week of 08/29/22. Even some roles in GCP service side (Infrastructure, Databases, etc.) 2. The earliest start dates still seem to be dated in Q4. (It doesn't matter as much as we are already in September now) 3. Prioritization is still on going in some organizations including Google Cloud (GCP). The expectations for GCP is this process might continue well in to mid September or even end of Q3. ZERO progress on the sales side roles in GCP (Customer Sales Engineer [CSE], Specialist/principal Architect, AM, TAM, etc.). Fingers crossed :) 4. Keep in touch with your RCs every week and remind them of your existence, try to stand out as the positions/candidates ratio is dramatically shifted. We have seen open positions being cut from 4900 or so to 2600 until now. The difference could be you vs. ten other candidates that is put forth for a TM. 5. L3 positions seem feasible only in 2023 (with some exceptions) and L4 seem to dwindle down rapidly. Some L5 positions have been cut as well. Even some L6 positions have been cut in the last week. 6. Not directly related, but FED's semi-hawkish stand still spurs big recession fears and thereby impacts the overall economic outlook and the the anticipated HC. It would be great to know if anyone (regardless of level, role, etc.) are receiving offers after the freeze kicked in and please post any useful updates provided by your recruiters. Just to standardize the format of information sharing, I urge everyone to follow this format: My Situation: Role/Level: Principal Architect (L7) https://careers.google.com/jobs/results/89731263679603398-principal-architect-google-cloud/ Team & Location: GCP (Bay area) Last stage cleared: HC, TM done. Stuck in last stages of compensation negotiation when freeze started. Next step: Hope the freeze lifts and position exists to continue to offer letter stage. No concrete updates from RC other than hoping to hearing something soon. Please refer here for this history of this thread. Google Hiring Freeze Updates - Week of 08/29/22 https://www.teamblind.com/post/Google-Hiring-Freeze-Updates---Week-of-082922-7yRsJsvc [709 comments and 15.3K views] Google Hiring Freeze Updates - Week of 08/22/22 https://www.teamblind.com/post/gkOcYhaY [660 comments and 11.4K views] Google Hiring Freeze Updates - Week of 08/15/22 https://www.teamblind.com/post/Google-Hiring-Freeze-Updates---Week-of-081522-hS2HDS1W [610 comments and 10.3K views] Google Hiring Freeze Updates - Week of 08/08/22 https://www.teamblind.com/post/jwx8XnW2 [243 comments and 6.7K views]
Anyone knows if APAC Devices and Services PA is out of the freeze?
Do you know which team brlong to GCP infrastructure? What is kubernetes group belong?
Infrastructure
Yes, I want to know if google start hiring for swe-ml L5, role
In Zurich there was 1 position and its already filled
another week another freeze lets go
Let’s gooooooooo
Recruiter says they are working on comp package two weeks ago. How long does that take nowadays?
Level?
L5
Better love story than twilight. I am also waiting for L3 ;)
Same
Same
Any update for Google munich L3 ? Or Europe in general?
Which team? Were you team matched before freeze?
No unfortunately
Starting a comments thread for SREs
L3, SWE-SRE, HC approved, team matched and received verbal offer before freeze. Still waiting to hear if my role still exists.
Which location ? Mine is swe sre too, L3.
There are some L3 openings according to my recruiter
Which location?
I was told interviews are starting again for L3 and was asked to give dates for the phone round. My recruiter messaged me a couple days ago.