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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,955 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      50% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

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      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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      1.0
      Mar 22, 2012

      Stressful

      Qa engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fast Paced, work on interesting and complex projects. The computers and equipment were newer. Free Happy Hour on Fridays

      Cons

      Managers are disrespectful. Yelling seems to be acceptable behaviour. No clear goals to be measured against. People from other departments are hostile and don't want to work with other departments for the common good. The yelling from the manager killed off all 7 contractors. The lead developer would yell over the slightest issue. It was later discovered he was fired from previous job because he couldn't get along with anyone.

      2.0
      Mar 20, 2012

      Great company, but not always a great place to work

      Senior program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's great being an Amazon customer Amazon is an interesting place to work and a great brand Technology is often cutting edge General talent level of employees is very high A good place for people who want to 'make things happen' A good place to learn

      Cons

      No always great being an Amazon employee Quality of Amazon mgrs, directors and VPs is very uneven (some great, some are simply terrible) Product focus is often short-term (get something shipped, and we'll fix it later..) Employees are treated a bit like contractors (little real investment in employees) Amazon benefits are worse than nearly all comparable companies On-going financial incentives are heaped on the top of the pyramid- not the rank and file (negotiate hard before accepting a job) Amazon rarely helps an outside cause, the community or a charity Amazon is not particularly concerned about who it steps on as a consequence of its ambition

      1.0
      Aug 27, 2011

      Give Give Give, Take Take Take - Completely unrealistic quality expectations - give give give take...

      Quality assurance manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great Quality Aspirations Team Effort to Quality Outcome Excellent Design Standards Intense get it done environment

      Cons

      Sr. Mng - Utterly unrealistic quality expectations - no time, only mistakes matter and cost dearly Amazon doesn't have QA in many groups or they are woefully under staffed No Sr QA Mng clout or support (Director/VP)- notice there are zero QA Manger reviews on Amazon No refined QA Standards/processes across the board - did I say zero YES Double edge review process - don't rock the boat just be loved by all Frugality - means QA wont have resources to be successful - just live with it (die with it) Software Security Team - PARANOID no open source software tools - who cares about success

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