Work Hard. Now work harder. Okay, fine, you can play. - Anonymous employee Amazon Employee Review

4.0
Aug 27, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Extremely intelligent, hardworking, and collaborative environment. -I genuinely enjoy the people I work with. There are few "bad apples" and petty drama is almost non-existent -Being part of the leading cloud platform in the industry. -Career growth/opportunities

Cons

-One of the leadership principles is "Frugality" which too often translates to "cheap" In such a competitive market for talent, its remarkable that they manage to attract talent with low comp. Comp is actually built to dip after 2 years unless you get promoted. - Stack ranking forces management to treat employees as data points rather than humans. -At a certain point, the amount of work becomes brutal. Essentially, the mentality is once you've achieve a certain goal/level, you must always exceed it, which is unsustainable.

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-Structural and organize -High pay -All training done on site

Cons

-Before start date very limited, information about AWS(They don't like sharing over the internet. -Fast pace with training and learning.

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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