It's a competitive company with good pay - Software Engineer Amazon Employee Review

5.0
Apr 7, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- You'll learn a lot - Competitive pay compared to most companies - Customer obessed company and you'll be solving interesting problems for customers

Cons

- Pay not as good as other top companies (Amazon bakes in a 15% growth assumption when deciding how much RSU to give you, which makes compensation look better than it actually is). Comp is too stock heavy with no performance bonus. - 5 day RTO - Often a sense of urgancny with projects. WLB varies a lot of but is below average overall. - Lots of re-orgs which create churn - Not much benefits though they're still good decent overall

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5.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

very fun and challenging workplace environment

Cons

stressful and expectation to succeed

5.0
Jan 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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