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

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
5.0
Jun 10, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon hires leaders who think/act like owners. If you are ambitious and have high degree of ownership Amazon is the place for you. Every team runs like startups and most of the decisions are made by the team members. Basically bottomup management.

Cons

If you are looking for a job for just paycheck this is not your place.

1.0
May 20, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stock growth getting you bigger paycheck than you anticipated.

Cons

Abusive, extreme politics, extreme darwinian culture.

5.0
Apr 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon is not comfortable place to be for most people new to Amazon. We do things differently and it is a steep learning curve. 95% of it is for a good reason, once you understand it. Amazon is one of few places where goals and values are not artificially created, they actually came up from the long process of forming Amazon culture and are alive at every level. Amazon is bottom-up company. Leadership does not dictate what to do - if you have good ideas, you can grow really fast here and make a difference. We are big. Every team is somewhat different. We encourage you to move. Jump in, find the right boss & project for you, work hard, have fun and make history - at Amazon you can.

Cons

Bottom-up organic growth leads to sub-optimal architecture. Get ready to dig in and fix things that don't work. Don't expect grand master-plan. We are frugal - sometimes to a point of wasting money trying to save them. Again, take ownership, proof we do and it can get fixed. Sometimes we try to do too much, which means we have no time to stop and think. We need to learn how to get better at this, how to say no more often and stand our ground.

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