Does Waymo pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Waymo employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Waymo. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Waymo?

69% of Waymo employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Waymo 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Waymo?

Software Engineer (54) , Senior Software Engineer (23) , Software Quality Operations Associate (19) , Program Manager (9) , Vehicle Operator (9) , Autonomous Vehicle Operator (8) , Fleet Response Specialist (7) , Hardware Engineer (7) , Systems Engineer (6) , Technical Program Manager (6) , Data Scientist (5) , Driver (5) , Engineer (5) , Operations (4) , Software Engineer (Swe II) (4)

What are the pros of working at Waymo according to real employee reviews?

"The people were great and very knowledgeable." ((in 42 reviews)); "The pay is good." ((in 24 reviews)); "Fantastic team members working together." ((in 14 reviews)); "Brilliant coworkers" ((in 12 reviews)); "Free food and bragging rights that I worked on a self driving car." ((in 9 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Waymo according to real employee reviews?

"Bad work life balance." ((in 12 reviews)); "And Waymo takes their time to hire another manager so current one has to do double work." ((in 9 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 6 reviews)); "Disorganized leadership and ambiguous instructions." ((in 6 reviews)); "awful communication, terrible feedback, not considerate of contractors (which comprise more than 80% of the workforce on some teams)" ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Waymo redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Waymo redundancy and their outlook for job security at Waymo in 2026.

Waymo Reviews

4.0

69% would recommend to a friend

(289 total reviews)

Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov

86% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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Waymo has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 289 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Waymo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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289 reviews

5.0

May 13, 2026

Strong technical foundation but some internal politics

Senior ml engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

This place is technical strong, and AV is on a good track than few years ago.

Cons

Some politics among the org. Top talent is attracted by LLM, and company have to pay higher salary to attract more people come in

5.0

Jan 4, 2026

Great momentum, fast paced

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good compensation and stock options, combined with Alphabet perks and benefits. Company has great momentum and is solving a real problem

Cons

Fast paced work results in a high pressure environment. Larger company results in red tape as a blocker at times.

5.0

Oct 30, 2025

Great place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Interesting project - Work with Alphabet's technologies and people - Great benefits - High compensation package

Cons

- Don't see at this time

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