Amazon Principal Technical Program Manager reviews

3.5

43% would recommend to a friend

(168 total reviews)
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25% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Principal Technical Program Manager employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 168 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Technical Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Technical Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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168 reviews
4.0
Jul 6, 2021
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Pros

- Amazing experience to witness the scale at which Amazon works - Leadership principles are not just on the paper, you live them day in day out - Dynamic, fast paced and innovative

Cons

- Some teams have become beauraucratic, which is unlike Amazon's Day1 culture - golden handcuffs - for the hard work you did in the past 6 months, you are given future compensation in the next 2-3 years, so you have to stick along with the company for longer - vesting every 6 months is a drag - frugality means no free lunches or freebies.

1.0
Jul 1, 2021
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Pros

1) The total comp "could" be great. 2) Lots to learn with Technology. 3) Externally people still think you are working for an innovator. 4) Many Lean Principles at work - somehow shows a Continuously Improving company.

Cons

As a consultant: 1) No Trainings - They also hire a lot of non consultants and dont train them - literally setting them up for failure. 2) Sharp Focus on Utilization until you cannot breathe: It is a body shop where they sell you to customers. There comes a point where you cannot learn as you need to work more and more, beyond 40 hours. 3) Toxic Team mates : No Psychological Safety, No Trust or Co-Operating, everyone cares for themselves. Even the onboarding buddy spends 5 minutes with you (because its not his KPI to help you) 4) Confusing Middle Management and Tryant Leaders: There has been lawsuits filed at the Leadership level. You can find it online. 5) Stuck Here: If they bump up your salary high and give you a LOW banded role, then you simply struggle to jump to another organisation. Because your basic is so low (probably lower than your last job) and only total comp looks great. If you are a seasoned consultant - you may like it here. Don't expect information to be as smooth as a Consulting Firm. This is a wannabe consulting firm with big egos since they're "a big cloud company". Dont be mesmerised by thinking youre joining an amazing cloud company. Think deeply about Job Security, Family and Stressors (mental health).

5.0
Jun 3, 2021
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Pros

Good pay and benefits, inclusive work culture, easy to switch roles and teams.

Cons

Growth depends on how good your relationship is with the manager, but that may be the case at most organizations. Pay degrades are the first 4 years. Pay highly speculative on the stock price

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