Amazon Software Development Manager reviews

3.4

48% would recommend to a friend

(485 total reviews)
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27% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Manager, Software Development employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 485 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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485 reviews
4.0
Jun 12, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Pace, Challenges, Learning - One has to deliver work at a rapid pace. Fail fast is a mantra here and there is no space for slackers!

Cons

Normalization - Bottom 10% performers have to be identified at every level each year. It gets tiring after few years as one has to be a survivor every year.

4.0
May 11, 2015

Review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast-pacing, new technology, open atomposphere

Cons

Too busy and not so good work-life balance. On-call pressure is high.

3.0
May 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of smart people. Learned how to define, build and launch products in resource constrained environment. Everything I have worked on launched and had customer adoption.

Cons

Amazon doesn't invest in people, but career development happens as a by product. We are packed in like sardines. Frugal core value is really just code for cheap. I once went on a business dinner with an out of town team and senior managers wanted everyone to pay for their own dinner ridicules.

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