Amazon Software Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(6,244 total reviews)
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41% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,244 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
May 29, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good place to work. Smart people, doing small jobs as well as big jobs. You will own something. Good pay.

Cons

Get ready to be frugal. This is normally a good thing, but sometimes it is a fault when not managed intelligently. If you don't like something at the company you can change it, but get ready to fight an uphill battle. Still better than M$ though when it comes to inspiring change.

4.0
Mar 3, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Chance to take up a lot of responsibility Recognition for hard work Decent pay, but no bonuses Great managers

Cons

Even developers need to do support work Too much cost cutting over-crowded office - not enough space not enough recreation activities in office US teams have more say

3.0
Feb 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon.com does give stock option or stock rewards very generously as a singing bonus offer, and even entry level engineer will get some substantial amount.

Cons

Almost every SDE has to carry a pager and there is an on-call rotation for every team. Not good if you have a family.

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