Unless you are a manager, look elsewhere. - Software Development Engineer-II Audible Employee Review

1.0
May 1, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- As everyone else mentioned free food and Amazon RSUs

Cons

- NOT an engineering culture. If that is what you want, look elsewhere. - Fairly regular reorgs. They desperately move people around hoping it will solve management problems and it changes things for a couple of months and then they realize it is just as bad. - A lot of sitting and waiting for management to make decisions - Dozens of people need to have 5-10 meetings for decisions to be made. - Constant "land grab". People are quick to look for credit and quicker to avoid blame. - Duplicating work. So many times I would get half way to a developed feature to find out it was developed by a different team months ago - Bad communication. No one knows what other teams are doing. - If you are unhappy they will shuffle you to a different team where you slowly realize it's just as bad and you need to stick it out to get your RSUs. - For some reason one of these reviews mentions being excited to start? so people are writing reviews before they even work here?

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Audible is an Amazon company. I think as a whole, this company attracts people who are kind and fun spirited. Good product.

Cons

Disorganisation. Commute can be hard.

3.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of great collaboration, get to work with a lot of smart people from different backgrounds and Audible/Amazon offers lots of trainings/workshops for new technology. There is always something you can learn!

Cons

Communication needs improvement, lack of career roadmap/leveling for contractors and several recent layoffs (these are specific to contractors)

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