Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Principal Systems Development Engineer?

Principal Systems Development Engineer professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 2.7 out of 5 stars in 79 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Principal Systems Development Engineer Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Systems Development Engineer interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Principal Systems Development Engineer employees well?

Principal Systems Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 79 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Systems Development Engineer salaries at Amazon.

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

""Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated"" ((in 19360 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 13214 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7784 reviews)); "It was a WFH 3 months contract role.This role has good salary and perks.It was not so stressfull." ((in 5755 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4855 reviews))

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

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10061 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7162 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6643 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5177 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2423 reviews))

Amazon Principal Systems Development Engineer reviews

2.7

44% would recommend to a friend

(79 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

38% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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Principal Systems Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 79 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Systems Development Engineer professionals have an average working experience there. Amazon is rated 30% below average by Principal Systems Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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79 reviews

4.0

Jan 12, 2022

Always exciting in the scope of its ambitions, sometimes tedious in the details.

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is a lot of opportunity to work on initiatives that can have a large impact, measured by customers reached, employees helped, businesses enabled, money moved, physical goods handled and much much more.

Cons

The company is aligned around exploring, entering and scaling new businesses efficiently. Predictable outcomes for employees are not always aligned with this and as a result being in the wrong role or business at the wrong time can be painful.

5.0

Jan 3, 2022

Great culture

Principal consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They really do feel like the biggest startup in the world. Even at north of 1.5M employees, they create mechanisms that enable change on the fly and constant iteration.

Cons

Always some politics in a Fortune 500 business.

4.0

Oct 8, 2021

Great place to invent

Principal

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Autonomy, leadership principles all make it a great place to invent and bring it to millions of customers

Cons

Big Company, and sometimes there are just way too many things going on without clearly aligned expectations

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