Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) -1 reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(457 total reviews)
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34% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 457 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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457 reviews
2.0
Jul 30, 2021
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Big company so more exposure. Good people. culture is pretty good at amazon

Cons

work life balance is awful. too much is expected out of employees.

4.0
Jul 27, 2021

Good but not without flaws

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1) You learn a lot 2) You get a lot of ownership 3) Amazon name help you career a lot 4) You get stocks, which are ever rising

Cons

1) Work life balance is pretty bad 2) Sometimes things move at too fast pace and you always catching up 3) you only get 20 percent stock in first 2 years and 80 percent in last 2, by that time you might switch companies so don't take stock too much importance while making your decision.

5.0
Jul 26, 2021

Best company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Best work life balance for workers there.

Cons

Fluctuating amount of work sometimes more sometimes less.

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