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      Amazon Software Development Manager reviews

      3.4

      48% would recommend to a friend

      (484 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      27% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.1

      Culture & values

      2.6

      Senior management

      2.4

      Work/Life balance

      Manager, Software Development employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 484 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Manager, Software Development professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Manager, Software Development professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      484 reviews
      4.0
      Sep 24, 2018

      Good opportunities and lots of learning

      Software development manager
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      Pros

      Independent and end to end ownership to a team for given tech solution. There isn't much bureaucracy even with large organization size. It's pretty much like running like startups with advantage of big organization. Leadership principles take care of day-to-day noise that one would face otherwise. They provide common ground and yet encourage discordant views. One does learn a lot everyday with diverse and smart team mates following peculiar organization culture.

      Cons

      The distributed service oriented architecture is two edge sword. One team can fast pace being independent and yet stuck on other's dependency if the priorities of them do no align. There is concept of away team work but it does come with a price.

      5.0
      Sep 17, 2018

      Amazing company with wicked smart people.

      Software development manager
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      Pros

      - This is the first time in my career when I'm surrounded with nothing but incredibly smart and focused individuals. - Compensation is well beyond my expectations, and more than suitable. - Exciting projects all across the company that keep you interested and focused. - Ability to reach customers all across the world with unbelievable new technologies. - Ability to focus on the customer without worrying about what the other companies in the same field are doing. - Company not worried about failing, know that you can learn from your mistakes and still come out on top.

      Cons

      - Some people are too afraid not to meet deadlines, which at times makes you sacrifice quality for delivery. - Depending on which team you're on, culture might be a huge impact on your day to day job. - Some managers remain, even though they drive away great employees from their teams just because they deliver results. - Proper access to upper management is sometimes not available, and causes problems to the people making things happen day to day. - If you don't keep track of your own schedule, you can be working 100 hour weeks without even noticing.

      4.0
      Sep 17, 2018

      Always Day 1

      Software development manager
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      Pros

      Everything is driven through the lenses of the Leadership Principles, so it's very easy to know how to succeed and grow here. There are incredibly smart people here, so it's very difficult not to learn and grow your career at an accelerated pace. Above industry average compensation.

      Cons

      No-one will manage your career or workload for you and Amazon will take everything you want to give it. So if you're overworked, it's your job to not let that happen. If you're not good at pushing back, don't apply.

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