Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,385 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 209,385 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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209K reviews
4.0
Jan 13, 2009
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Pros

I highly recommend Amazon. As an engineer, you have a vast amount of resources and tools to get the job done and the infrastructure is such that you don't have to bug IT to install this and that on your servers (unlike other companies). Your team takes ownership of almost every aspect of your product, so there is a lot of opportunity to improve how it runs with limited red tape. There is a huge emphasis on working on large-scale systems which is both fun and an educational experience.

Cons

As owner of your product, your team will also respond to downtime, most likely with a pager rotation. Depending on your team, you might experience some micromanagement from the Senior Management, but in my experience it happened on an occasion rather than constant basis. Also, sometimes the autonomy that teams have can be detrimental to cooperation. Some times work is duplicated instead of shared properly.

5.0
Jan 12, 2009
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Pros

There is little bureaucracy and a relatively flat hierarchy. Many members of senior management have a technical background and are very intelligent. They are also open to ideas and respectful of other employees. One of Amazon's corporate values is frugality which usually leads the company to avoid and cut unnecessary spending such as fancy furniture for senior management, or expensive benefits packages for niche groups. Amazon is a relatively efficient, fun, profitable company to work for.

Cons

The on call schedule can be a serious burden. It limits the ability to make and keep commitments outside of work at times and can be a drain on an employee's family. They are also starting to lose their young, lean company feel. Process sometimes trumps results.

3.0
Jan 11, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

-Fortune 500 company that has a strong corporate culture -Generous pay -Good organization -Useful benefits (bus pass, shuttle service between buildings) -Creative company -Cheap cafeteria -Everyone working there is pretty well-rounded and genuinely nice -Lots of opportunity for self-improvement and process improvement

Cons

-Many days when you feel like your work goes unappreciated -Understaffed, so overtime is pretty much required, despite the pay -Feel pressured in many ways to outperform -There are many days that you work overtime and are not compensated for it.

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