Amazon Software Development Engineer 2 reviews

3.4

67% would recommend to a friend

(350 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer 2 employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 350 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer 2 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer 2 professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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350 reviews
1.0
Aug 28, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Pays above average. 2. Learn a lot. 3. Work with smart colleagues, mostly.

Cons

1. Career growth is super slow. With average tenure in Amazon less than 1.5 years, it's hard to talk about promotion with manager or get feedback from peers when they're joining or leaving so fast. 2. Work life balance - Might affect your health in the long run. Employees are treated disposable. Too many people resign due to burn out. 3. Office politics - Even though you might work hard, less smart people who know managers are promoted first. HR policies are such that they indirectly promote this culture by removing technical assessor from promo process.

4.0
Aug 3, 2022

Very impressed with Amazon culture as of now

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salary Good mentors Streamlines processes Excellent trainings and knowledge sharing modules

Cons

Slightly swayed Work Life Balance

2.0
Aug 1, 2022

WLB sucks

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

pay is amazing, top of the market

Cons

work life balance, politics, pip

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