Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,765 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 209,765 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
4.0
Jul 6, 2012

Amazing Amazon !!!

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Pros

My feedback is based on 3 months i have spent in the organization, but i believe intial couple of months provides you the future direction the organization is heading towards 1. Employee get the chance to drive their work. No micro managment by managers. 2. Very flexible in terms of timings to be at work. All that matters is getting the job done. 3. Decent pay compared to other players in the market, but they make you work for each rupee they give you 4. Fun to be at work place with very informal peers and managers. Looking at the person you can never judge if he/she is junior resource or senior. 5. Excellent monetary benefits like Sodexo, internet re-imbursement, Gym re-imbursement and home pickup and drop facility

Cons

1. Sometimes it can be long working hours, maybe 50-55 hrs a week. 2. As US based peers are based out of Seattle, need to take call PST time which can be challenging for india based employees. 3. It could be tough for new employees to understand work fast as the organization lack documentation and hence employee need to learn via trail and error way.

4.0
Jul 6, 2012
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Pros

Amazon is a great place to learn, but the company will burn you out if you let them. Most people at the company are fairly young due to the demanding schedules, but it is a challenging, fun place to work. Pay is average, but stock bonuses raise total compensation above most employers especially when the stock price goes up significantly in a year.

Cons

Promotions and good reviews are dependent on having a good manager. A bad manager can ruin your experience. Definitely not the place to work if you are into being pampered and having your feelings catered to. People are very direct and to the point. It helps business get done quickly, but there isn't much tolerance for politics and little concern about creating a "feel-good" work environment.

4.0
Jul 6, 2012

Excellent place to learn and grow, lots of mentorship if you are passionate

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good salary and location, excellent tech folks, GREAT business folks, cool products, kickass processes, Music brownbags with artists coming to play for you!

Cons

sometimes work-life balance can be tough to maintain. Also, being a e-retailing company working on razor-thin margins, its frugal culture sets it apart from that of other tech giants like Apple, Google or MS

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