What is an employee who works for Google called?

An employee who works for Google is commonly called a “Googler.” The term is an informal company demonym formed from the name Google, and Google itself regularly uses it in internal language, public blog posts, workplace policies, and descriptions of its culture.

The word applies broadly to people employed by Google, whether they work in engineering, product management, sales, research, design, or corporate operations. It should not automatically be applied to every person working in a Google building: contractors and vendor staff may work alongside Googlers while being employed by another company.

Google also uses related nicknames. A newly hired employee is often called a “Noogler,” combining “new” with “Googler”; the term is associated with the company’s colorful propeller hats and onboarding traditions. A former employee is sometimes called a “Xoogler,” although “Googler” remains the standard answer for a current Google employee. Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 and is headquartered at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California.