Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

Work is sometimes not valued. Promotion and salary hikes are low. The people at Amazon are very self critical and vocal.

Frupidity/corner cutting: benefits/bonuses, workplace items, perks. Culture: High churn, disorganized management, lack of standards across teams, little to no promotion of work-life balance, no institutional support of outside activities/groups, outsourcing/poor-to-none of HR and benefits related roles. As examples: stock bonus only 5% then 15% for 1st and 2nd year and pre-fixed to dollar amount not shares, focus on international hiring as those candidates are "cheaper" since less competition, no 401K matching benefit--it is a "bonus" that requires 2 years or all is forfeited, health plans with too many loopholes for coverage, moving bonus requires 2 years to keep, cash bonuses also require 2 years, no workplace perks or general freebie items, only get $100 per year discount on amazon, ...