Good pay, but toxic micromanagement and blame culture - Senior Reliability Engineer Amazon Employee Review

3.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Pay is good about top 10 percent In maintenance. level 1 is about 29 an hour, level 2 is 30-35. Level 3 is 43-45 and hour. If you agree with Maintenance manager even if he is wrong and you blame others its easy to stay employed and get bonuses.

Cons

This location KSBD has a maintenance manager that micro manages and blames technicians for failure of equipment. Doesn't hold managers accountable. there are only 4 Managers on RME side the new manager always gets bad review and gets fired. I seen this happen 3 times. Maintenance Manager who is the head of department, will never give you anything in writing and if there is a failure on equipment He will create report blaming the last person that worked on it. Maintenance manager never has Controls team that does not work on anything because they are under qualify. there are only about 5 techs you can count on to do repairs. the remaining department tech 2 and apprentices, Have no prior experience working in maintenance outside of amazon. Manual Duran is great for KPI. Not so much for Team. Tech have been force to continuously lie on job performance skills and work order completion in order to meet Work order completion request of managers.

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits. Good health insurance, and PTO.

Cons

I was working overnights and had to be standing up for long hours.

5.0
Jan 10, 2016
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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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