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I feel the exact opposite. I love going to work everyday at Google. I get the way you describe at previous companies. Not at Google.

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Maybe you two should compare where you work and what you do; Google's a big company with over 72.000 employees, it's highly unlikely everyone has the same experience worldwide.

Exactly, two engineers could have an entirely different experience based on their team. Engineers can transfer to different teams too, though that team will obviously look at the engineer's history of performance.

Two engineers on the same team can even have vastly different experience. Google is big enough that it attracts a huge spectrum of engineers and one person's hellish workplace is another person's bliss.

How long have you been working at Google and what's your position (if you don't mind the question)?

Both factors may make a significant difference in the judgment of "working at Google" (I don't imply anything, either negative or positive).

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