Google employees unhappy with smaller pay bumps: Report

Google's vice president for global compensation and benefits John Casey, however, stated that more than 80% of employees had year on year increase in 2025 compensation.

As per a recent report, the employees at Google have spoken about small salary hikes at the all-hands meeting. As per a report by Business Insider, after receiving their compensation packages, the employees showed dissatisfaction with smaller pay bumps.

At the TGIF (Thank God Its Friday) meetings, employees are allowed to send questions and the question that got most number of votes is taken up.

The question that was raised this time was that why some employees have seen decrease in stock grants and overall compensation, the publication reported.

Google's vice president for global compensation and benefits John Casey, however, stated that more than 80 per cent of employees had year on year increase in 2025 compensation.

Some of the employees, however, he said who are in the technical role noted smaller pay bumps. They received smaller equity packages to calibrate pay to local markets, the publication reported.

The compensation for employees differs from person to person and is based on the performance of the employee. The compensation packages that Google gives include base salary, equity awards, and bonuses, as reported by the publication.

"The compensation is set up to reward high performances," Casey said adding that the company wants to offer it to those employees who make an impact.

In a 2021 report by Reuters, a Google spokesperson had said, "Our compensation packages have always been determined by location, and we always pay at the top of the local market based on where an employee works from."