Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Principal Technical Program Manager?

Principal Technical Program Manager professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 168 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 Technical Program Manager Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Technical Program Manager interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Principal Technical Program Manager employees well?

Principal Technical Program Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 168 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Technical Program Manager 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 19481 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13256 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7774 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5808 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4847 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 10120 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7034 reviews)); "Their management is poor and has many problems that you may have never seen before." ((in 6734 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5150 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2411 reviews))

Amazon Principal Technical Program Manager reviews

3.4

35% would recommend to a friend

(168 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

25% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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Principal Technical Program Manager employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 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

5.0

Aug 29, 2018

Working as a Software Developer at Amazon for 12 years (started out of college), love it

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I love working with such talented coworkers with such a diverse skill set. I learn a ton from others. Over my 12 years at Amazon I've worked on tons of teams from on the amazon.com website to AWS. Each team brings new challenges and keeps me interested. The culture is great, and I enjoy the cycle of busy-to-relaxed depending on the time of year and what part of development my projects are in. I love the culture of ownership, even being on call to make sure we build high quality systems. I've grown a lot at Amazon, starting as an entry-level software developer out of college.

Cons

Amazon asks a lot of managers, so they're often stretched somewhat thin. And with people switching teams, it's common to have a different manager every year or so. This just makes it important to occasionally write down what you've been working on to hand context to your next managers(s). But this is a useful exercise for reflecting on your recent work, so it's not that big of a deal.

4.0

Mar 19, 2018

Principal TPM

Principal technical program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, fast paced environment, wide breadth of products

Cons

Super high expectations, different interpretations to the TPM role

3.0

Mar 13, 2018

A great decade

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I love the smart people I've gotten to work with regularly. The customer obsessed cultural is inspiring, and the leadership principles we strive towards are a deep guiding light for successful productivity in any job role. The stock's long-term trajectory (nearly 30% YoY since inception) has been very lucrative for those who have stuck it out. The performance culture is stressful if you're struggling, but generally means you will routinely only be working with highly effective and motivated people. As I've grown in my career, I've always had bigger and broader opportunities presented to me, and have enjoyed the same overall growth that the company has enjoyed.

Cons

The benefits are inferior to most major tech companies. The 401k, for example, has a lowly 2% match. It routinely fails non-discrimination challenges (due to no default enrollment across the company, and low participation of FC workers). Even if we try to contribute the maximum ($18,500 in 2018), then we get a mandatory withdrawal and refund check (of~$3,400 in 2017), and of course this negatively impacts our taxes. It also does not allow after-tax contributions as is possible at a Microsoft or a Google. These gaps can be seen across the entire benefit package. Given that the HCE refunds have happened for over ten years, it's clear the company has no interest in fixing root causes of enrollment gaps to pass the discrimination tests.

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