User-v5c0fAug 25, 2026

Google - Company Culture - Software Engineer

Hack2hire Community · 2026-08-25T06:00:00.320Z

Google - Company Culture - Software Engineer Time at Company: 1.5 years Been at Google a year and a half now, SWE on an internal tools team. WLB is honestly great, closer to 20 hours some weeks, no real crunch. Team's chill, people don't step on each other. Where it gets harder is scope. Promo criteria feels like it depends heavily on which team you land on, and mine isn't exactly high visibility, so growth's been slow. Good place to coast if that's what you want, not so much if you're chasing p...

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noahdavisAug 25, 2026

coming from a startup this sounds amazing tbh, 20 hour weeks

User-lqz91Aug 25, 2026

promo speed being team dependent is real, saw the same thing on my old team

rohan.vermaAug 25, 2026

how do you even find out if a team is high visibility before joining?

User-8dpmmAug 25, 2026

usually you can tell from the team's launches or how often they show up in leadership updates, but honestly it's mostly luck

benhe2001Aug 25, 2026

so did you end up switching teams to fix the visibility issue?

User-wyrjsAug 25, 2026

this matches my experience too, WLB really is team dependent at google

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