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Amazon Lab126

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In a hurry to nowhere - Anonymous employee Amazon Lab126 Employee Review

1.0
May 2, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

New devices are fun to work on. Some pretty strong engineers as colleagues. Customer-centric aspects of the culture are a good base for a career in engineering. Learn it and it will serve you well at a future company that rewards staff according to accomplishment.

Cons

Amazon for better or worse has the attention span of a bee. If yours is longer, it's probably not a good place for you. There's lots of pressure to put out fires, in the process, all long term-plans are redrafted because they are practically never accomplished. Staff shuffle from thing to thing as a result. Two-year kicker grants are rarely given even when you've had good reviews. If you can make the bar here, you can at better companies frankly speaking. The politic are unbelievable. On con-calls with Seattle, the utterly fake praise exchanged can get so thick that it wasn't uncommon to hit the mute button just to hide the laughter at the transparent phoni-ness off it. (True Amazon Style)

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5.0
Jun 12, 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The team is welcoming and supportive, with designers across visual, motion, and sound design (rare for Amazon) However, opportunities to collaborate across teams are relatively limited.

Cons

Decision-making can take time due to multiple stakeholder reviews. Balancing design quality with business constraints can be challenging. Job security has become less predictable in recent years.

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