Competitive but lots of Opportunities - User Experience Designer Amazon Employee Review

3.0
Apr 8, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Almost all teams are growing quickly and looking for new ideas - if you want to supercharge your career by taking on big initiatives and coming up with new ideas to push through, this is a great company.

Cons

Promotion process is a very long and difficult process, and the individual looking to be promoted has to manage 90% of the work. You have to demonstrate you're operating at the level you're looking to be promoted to for at least 6 months, write a document with all of your evidence, and then wait for a quarter-long process - often to find out at the end you're missing a certain set of evidence so you have to wait another quarter to re-apply. This process by nature rewards employees who are confident in their abilities, and quick to voice why they should be promoted. This process hurts employees who are heads down on their work, soft-spoken, or not as confident in their abilities (regardless of what their abilities actually are). Pay is also quickly becoming very non-competitive against other companies.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Fun, active, learning, oppurtunity, workplace

Cons

Not much because it was a fun environment.

5.0
Jan 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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