Making Google Australia a great place to work

Innovation and user focus are a core part of Google Australia's philosophy and our team strives to keep up with the high standards set by our technical and sales colleagues. We try to create the best possible workplace, so that all our Australian employees can be productive and passionate at work. Whether it's "20% time" for our Australian engineers to work on new projects, creating a flat culture of "open doors and open debate", or ping-pong tournaments against media agencies, we believe that the right work environment leads to great work, which benefits our Australian users and partners.

So, we're thrilled that the Great Place to Work™ Australia Institute and BRW Magazine have put us at Number 1 on the list of Great Places to Work in Australia.

You may not know, but our Australian office started in a Sydney lounge room in 2002! Since those beginnings, we've invested in our Australian operations very substantially and now have nearly 350 employees in our Sydney headquarters.

A question we get asked quite a bit - "are you still hiring"? The answer is "yes". You can find out more about what it's like to work at Google and see jobs that are open in Australia here. We're looking for software engineers to work in Sydney on global products like Google Maps, and various other online applications. We also have positions on our sales teams, as more and more Australian businesses are turning to the Internet as a cost-effective way to market and grow their businesses in tough economic times.

Posted by Siobhan Lyndon and Sara Ramstrom, People Operations