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      Amazon Program Manager reviews

      3.4

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (2,217 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      32% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Culture & values

      2.8

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Senior management

      Programming Manager employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,217 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Programming Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Programming Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      2K reviews
      2.0
      Apr 13, 2017

      Poor Company Culture and Employee Satisfaction

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good leadership principles by which to follow for all future employment and career ventures.

      Cons

      Employees are incentivized to denigrate their colleagues in order to see progress in their own career and gain favor of management.

      4.0
      Mar 24, 2017

      Interesting and challenging but lots of politicking

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - My manager is great and genuinely cares about my career development. She is also flexible about WFH, vacation, etc. - I get to work with a lot of smart people who mentor me and challenge me to be better. People are always happy to help me improve my ideas, writing, etc. - There is a ton of internal movement so if you want to try something new or work for Amazon in a different country there are a lot of opportunities - Despite a lot of bad press my work/life balance is pretty good. I'm sure that's not true for everyone, but it is for me. - I bring my dog to work everyday (one of my favorite benefits). The benefits are just generally pretty good

      Cons

      - Despite branding itself as a no nonsense, non-bureaucratic company, there are a lot of politics around who gets to work on what projects, which projects get approved by senior management, etc. - The promotion process is unclear and often seems arbitrary and political. - Internal communications are pretty bad. When an employee attempted suicide at work last winter there was no internal communication to employees (except for a page on our internal website listing employee resources). - Sometimes the culture around the LPs (leadership principles) reinforces bad behavior. "Ownership" --> being territorial about a project so that you can get all the credit. "Bias for action" --> not doing enough research and making a stupid decision. - Even though it has a reputation of pushing out low performers there are still plenty of them at Amazon.

      5.0
      Mar 21, 2017

      Challenging and rewarding company culture

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You will be given all the tools to perform at your best and the ability to create real change.

      Cons

      As a metric based company it is easy to feel micromanaged.

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