Amazon Program Manager II reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(298 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

41% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Program Manager II employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 298 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Manager II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Manager II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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298 reviews
4.0
May 7, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I work for AWS. You will work with incredibly smart people Opportunities to work globally Relocation globally is fairly easy If joined 3+ years ago you'll be happy with your vesting stock

Cons

You will be working on a 'burning priority' project and quickly find 3 other teams all working on their own version. My role expanded so we split into 2 management roles. The person hired to take on 50% of my role told me his compensation. It was 75% higher than mine. Management will not explain how they came to this decision. If changing roles and hired into a role advertised as a job level above your current level you will not be levelled up and salary will remain the same. Annual review process has been changed and sucks. Colleagues get approx 50 words to describe your 'superpower'. Feedback offers no deep actionable feedback.

2.0
Dec 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay, high visibility projects, record breaking speed, you'll never work for a company that has its hands in so many different areas, flexibility to move around and try new things

Cons

Zero work/life balance, lack of thoughtful leaders, zero support structure for mid-level managers, growth and development is based on your ability to own it

4.0
Jan 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Autonomy- no one is going to tell you how to do your job. You decide the best way. Business process - Amazon has a different way of doing things. Yes, they do write 1-6 page documents to prepare for meetings rather than putting thoughts into a PowerPoint presentation. Then they spend the first 10-20 minutes of the meeting quietly reading it. Yes, they do encourage healthy debate to a level that makes a lot of people uncomfortable. In the end this makes for better business decisions. Mobility - once you've been here for a year and had a decent review, it's very easy to move around.

Cons

Autonomy- no one is going to tell you how to do your job. You don't get a whole lot of guidance. It's sort of trial by fire's Career development - this is pretty much up to you Varying culture - the culture can be vastly different based on the team you're on. It can range from nearly as bad as the media makes it out to be to a fun startup environment

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