Good pay and growth opportunities, but high pressure environment - Front End Engineer II Amazon Employee Review

2.0
Apr 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Large professional growth opportunity - High initial pay with sign on bonus - Good health insurance - Useful internal educational modules and video database you can use to learn

Cons

- Fast paced highly demanding environment - High pressure deadlines - Lots of overtime - Stacked ranked review system designed to rarely give out performance bonuses and limit number of promotions - Pressure to use AI to do 4-5 engineer's worth of work without safety guardrails - When Leadership decides to focus on a campaign, they will throw every resource at it at the sacrifice of quality for all other aspects of the service - Pay decreases dramatically after sign on bonus ends, and there is very unlikely a yearly performance bonus to make up for it - Frequent mass layoffs

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5.0
Jan 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.

Cons

You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.

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