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comiXology

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A lot of potential, but no idea how to execute on it. - Tech comiXology Employee Review

2.0
Jun 9, 2016
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Pros

The positives of working for comixology are somewhat obvious. You get some access to free digital comics if you are into that sort of thing, the employee culture is good, even if the management culture is not, and you are working for Amazon, so if you have a tremendous amount of personal drive and fortitude, you may be able to parlay a job at comixology to a job elsewhere within Amazon but it won't be easy. The CEO is really the only person in senior management who knows what they're doing. He clearly has a passion for the product and the company and can be inspiring when he speaks to the group. The compensation can be good, especially when the Amazon stock does well, so if you can put up with all of the negatives, you could be well paid for it.

Cons

The single biggest issue at this company is that virtually everyone in senior management -- except the CEO -- has no idea what they are doing. They do not understand the business they are in, decisions are made on the basis of either "CYA" or "Amazon is doing this so we have to do it too." Don't look for any leadership or direction from the management team as there isn't any to be found. Any ideas -- rare as they are -- tend to be bland and banal as if determined by the incompetence committee. The technical leadership is a mess as well. They have no idea what they are doing, so the only direction they take is "whatever Amazon is doing." In many ways, they are like the youngest child in a family that wants so desperately to please their older sibling that they will simply ape behavior without even understanding why they are doing so. comixology tech mangement wants so desperately to "please Amazon" that they have lost all sense of what made comixology a unique company. You will rarely get to innovate or do anything interesting there, as if Amazon isn't already doing it, there is no chance that it will ever be done. There is little concern for work/life balance. You are expected to be available at all times. Though not as bad as that NY Times article about Amazon, it's not great either.

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5.0
Sep 21, 2020
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Pros

1. I personally enjoyed great WLB 2. Managers are extremely flexible with your personal schedule 3. Great pay and performance incentives 4. Really smart people you get to work with 5. Leadership does a lot set career tracks 6. Amazing work culture - super laid back.

Cons

sometimes changing priorities due to unavoidable internal and external factors could be frustrating

2.0
Feb 15, 2024
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Pros

I got to meet a lot of cool interesting, nerdy comic book folx. A lot of my co-workers were part of the LGBTQ community, which helps. People are generally happy to help each other, if they can.

Cons

Almost everything else. I worked 50-60+ hours for 10 years and got passed over for opportunities and promotions over and over again. I had 8 bosses in 10 years, so it was hard to get any traction if you wanted to do anything else with your career, Unless you sucked up to management or just had some genius level learning aptitude. (By the way, it's not a great place for people with disabilities either). I had so much more I could have offered the company, but they really didn't care. It was a boring, soul-sucking, draining job and now that I've been laid off, it's been really hard finding employment again. Yes, I'm a very bitter ex-Amazon employee. You might say, "why didn't you just leave before?" Well, good question. I tried with no success.

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