Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,952 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 209,952 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
1.0
Apr 26, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

free crap from vendors hush $/severence when they let you go.

Cons

no work/life balance 24/7 blackberry - on call 365. management is completely incompetent HR is not there to help employees - only to keep management from getting sued. do not go to HR for any reason including anything legal, best way to get yourself fired.

4.0
Mar 27, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

SMART People Amazon is truly dedicated to its customers Amazon is constantly striving to innovate There is a very flat structure at Amazon. Fewer layers and a real willingness on the part of even Sr. VPs to listen and engage means there is real opportunity to grow and make things happen. The scale of this store makes it unrivaled as a testing ground for ecommerce and user experiences. You can get enought traffic to test an idea at Amazon in one day that would take months on another site. Look, overall this is an amazing place to learn ecommerce at the highest levels, but they don't care about you or your life, and there is a trail of broken families behind many ex-employees. They'll give you the opportunity to work effectively on interesting stuff, then let you burn yourself on it and pay you less than you'd get elsewhere for doing less. Some thrive on it, others do not. I don't think anyone regrets their time here.

Cons

You will work every night and every weekend. This company has a very short memory. Last week's numbers are what matter. Because the structure is so flat and the VP pool still relatively young, there are limits to advancement in many job categories. The pay is not competitive They don't care about you.

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