Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software and Development Manager?

Software and Development Manager professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.3 out of 5 stars in 487 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software and Development Manager Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software and Development Manager interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software and Development Manager employees well?

Software and Development Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 487 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software and Development Manager salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11120) , Warehouse Worker (6916) , Associate (6212) , Software Engineer (6177) , Area Manager (5708) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3521) , Fulfillment Associate (3411) , Software Development Engineer (3184) , Customer Service Representative (3047) , Program Manager (2482) , Operations Manager (2299) , Customer Service Associate (2219) , Sortation Associate (1868) , Manager (1456) , Process Assistant (1422)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19439 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13258 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7712 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5748 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4908 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10117 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7053 reviews)); "Their management is poor and has many problems that you may have never seen before." ((in 6667 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5201 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2410 reviews))

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Amazon Software and Development Manager reviews

3.3

42% would recommend to a friend

(487 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

24% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Career opportunities

3.0

Culture & values

2.5

Senior management

2.4

Work/Life balance

Software and Development Manager employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 487 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software and Development Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software and Development Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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487 reviews

4.0

Mar 3, 2025

depends on your team

Software development manager

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CEO approval

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Pros

good work easy to get calls from other companies smart people

Cons

some teams have politics slower growth in some teams 5 day rto wlb

4.0

Feb 27, 2025

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Software development manager

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CEO approval

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Pros

Great place to work in Vancouver

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Competitive corporate culture. Peculiar promotion process.

2.0

Feb 22, 2025

Where top talent goes to feel they are underperforming

Software development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1/ meetings structure 2/ unmatched learning pace 3/ surrounded by talent

Cons

1/ rewards are non existent compared to effort 2/ culture was a strong point (in a good sense), after Jeff departure the company culture is a pile of dung 3/ absolutely zero support at any level. you are thrown into the shark tank and... swim or die. usually everyone dies, eventually.

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