Question 1

Does Waymo pay their employees well?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How satisfied are employees working at Waymo?

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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.

Question 3

What are the top reviewed jobs at Waymo?

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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)

Question 4

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

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"The people were great and very knowledgeable." ((in 45 reviews)); "Great benefits as an Alphabet company." ((in 32 reviews)); "The pay is good." ((in 25 reviews)); "Great teams and people are very friendly" ((in 23 reviews)); "Brilliant coworkers" ((in 13 reviews))

Question 5

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

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"Bad work life balance." ((in 11 reviews)); "inconvenient working hours, inexperienced managers, lack of communication" ((in 10 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)); "TVC churn is highly exploitative; upper management extremely resistant to increase FTE quotas" ((in 5 reviews))

Question 6

What are employees saying about Waymo redundancies in 2026?

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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.

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