Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,955 total reviews)
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50% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,955 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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210K reviews
5.0
Jun 9, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

+ Your work will likely be seen and used by millions + Fantastic company values that people actually care about + Great co-workers and transparent management

Cons

- Fairly stressful environment - Monthly on-call rotation

2.0
May 6, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You will learn what it really means to be customer centric. Company is much less bureaucratic than other large tech companies. If you are smart, motivated, single and have no other commitments you can succeed. You will learn a lot and ship a lot. It is true that 1 year experience at Amazon is equivalent to 2 years at any other large tech company.

Cons

Company is customer focused, not employee focused. Management does not care about you as a person. If you have kids and your wife is working, then Amazon is not for you. A lot of churn in many groups. Plans, designs and everything else changes all the time. You have to be good at handling such churn. A lot is expected from you. You need to be able to handle a lot of stress, be great at multitasking, and should be available round the clock (e.g early morning meetings with Europe and late night meetings with teams in India).

2.0
Mar 3, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

big name on resume, you will learn to see the things end to end

Cons

Salary is less compared to other leaders in industry, absolutely no work life balance, no training, no personal development, no good leaders in upper management. The management can take time to complete its deliverables but SDEs do not get extension on deadlines. Too much politics in the organization. Amazon.com Shipping/Transportation dept is the worst department ever for SDEs. The SDMs look like kids from kindergarten with absolutely no people management skills.

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