Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(210,064 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

50% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 210,064 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
2.0
Sep 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Pay was OK, but share vesting was poor. Good on your CV Lots of smart people

Cons

work-life balance did not exist, you are owned by Amazon 24/7 Micro-managing executives Very bureaucratic with most of your time in meetings, sending/reading emails, writing reports and talking about what you should do for customers instead of doing it

1.0
Aug 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The potential upside of the stock payout in 4 years. Lots of really enthusiastic people (well initially anyway)

Cons

Soul crushing work hours. Expected to be available 24/7. Some of the poorest management skills I have seen. Benefits for medical are average and the 401(k) is a joke. You don't vest for 3 years on the company match. Just another handcuff. The Anytime Feedback tool is a passive aggressive way of feedback for any employee to spew frustrations without any justification whatsoever. Oh, and you can spend your lifetime writing white papers that often go nowhere. How archaic in the only way to present or discuss an idea. I don't know how many trees are killed to print on paper (heaven forbid a soft copy) and then to sit all together in a room to read and discuss. Time killing and brain numbing exercise.

1.0
Aug 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is full of very smart people. Many of them coming straight out of MBA school.

Cons

Most leadership has little to no experience leading a wide variety of talent. The training is non existent and if you don't fit an exact mold, they will claim that you are not performing. There is also a high level of favoritism. This can be seen by managers drilling and requesting additional work from only certain members of the team. Besides bad management, work life balance is non existent. If you have kids, say good bye to being part of their life. Management will look at your kids as a weakness and will penalize you come review time. Your family life, health, and overall well being will suffer working here. The turnover at this place is a clear example on how things are broken with management. Not to mention that the company regularly offers $3-$6K referral, yet continues to post job openings in almost every department. Also keep in mind that your total compensation package is much smaller since you will probably be working 50-100% more hours vs your current job.

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