Does Google DeepMind pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Google DeepMind employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Google DeepMind. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Google DeepMind?

87% of Google DeepMind employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Google DeepMind 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Google DeepMind?

Research Scientist (25) , Software Engineer (24) , Research Engineer (20) , Intern (9) , Research Scientist Intern (8) , Senior Software Engineer (8) , AI Engineer (7) , Senior Research Engineer (7) , Student Researcher (7) , Phd Student Researcher (5) , Program Manager (5) , Research Intern (5) , Senior Research Scientist (5) , Operations (4) , Program Specialist (4)

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

"Great people to work with!" ((in 36 reviews)); "Your talent is nurtured and colleagues are brilliant" ((in 25 reviews)); "Great benefits and offices too." ((in 16 reviews)); "Good salary and healthy work enviroment" ((in 9 reviews)); "Great perks and my team was nice" ((in 8 reviews))

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

"bloated management and slow movement" ((in 6 reviews)); "hard work and long hours" ((in 4 reviews))

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Google DeepMind reviews

4.2

87% would recommend to a friend

(244 total reviews)

Demis Hassabis

86% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.3

Career opportunities

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Senior management

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

Google DeepMind has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 244 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Google DeepMind 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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Reviews by job title

244 reviews

5.0

May 24, 2026

Fast-paced environment with great growth opportunities

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing people, impactful work, insanely high pace. Massive growth opportunities

Cons

Naturally, things moving really really fast and so do priorities. It can be challenging at times to keep up and you need to adjust

5.0

May 16, 2026

Great development opportunities but lunch could improve

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to develop yourself and experience deep satisfaction

Cons

Sometimes the luznch is not too good

5.0

Mar 25, 2026

Primed for dominance

Staff technical program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- DeepMind is extremely well-positioned in the AI space with top notch talent and a solid track record of delivering SoTA models - Google's strategic investments in the fully integrated vertical stack (TPUs, Scaling Firmware, Training Data, Evals infrastructure and model delivery) is makes their advantage resistant to market fluctuations - Google's roster of 1B+ DAU products provides an enviable distribution network for Gemini launches across the world

Cons

- Organizational complexity of the Google Product org ecosystem conflicts with DeepMind's startup-like velocity - Relentless pace of releases with very little planning for balancing the workloads is burning out talent

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