[gravypod]

(Opinion is my own)

It's very different between teams. My personal experience: everyone I've worked with is trying really hard to put me in a position where I can succeed. I've been put on very visible projects (from day one) and I'm getting constant help from my TL to keep me on a track to get promoted. Everyone I work with directly is amazing.

Google is a magical place but the standard deviation in experiences are large.

I've personally been very happy with my experience/team.

[shadowgovt]

Agreed. I never got the sense Google knows how to train managers... It favors a very self-organizing approach, and the feedback loops seem structured to deal with under-performing management by freezing them out of promotion (and hoping they either fix the problem or quit), not replacing them.

The consequence is that teams are fiefdoms, and the experience varies wildly based on whether a manager knows what the hell they're doing.