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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,421 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      50% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Senior management

      Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,421 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      209K reviews
      2.0
      Sep 13, 2011

      chaotic with unreasonable demands

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The signing bonuses are good and the stock options are what keep most of the people there. Unfortunately, many people are very burnt out and unhappy because of the high demands for hours and performance.

      Cons

      The high turnover makes it a constantly changing and chaotic work environment. The demand for hours and performance is unreasonable especially if you have a family. No work-life balance here. They give big signing bonuses, but it's like making a deal with the devil.

      3.0
      Sep 12, 2011

      Its Chaos...and fishy goal setting! Caveat Emptor!

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Brand. Amazon is a big name, period. - A lot of processes are nowhere in place. You can take ownership to set them. - A lot of direct hostility is done with in terms of work environment, thanks to its open culture. However, subtle stuff remains. - Yes..as with other review, you will find some very bright people here - even in areas that are not related to software development at all.

      Cons

      - Its highly chaotic. And worse is that they take pride in being chaotic; and continue to work in that fashion. IMO, it leads to huge wastage of resources(mental and others), repetition of work, and unnecessary confusion. - Average compensation for a heavy work load - Bluff sells. - You can end up in a project without having a clear project definition, scope and resource set! Half way down the project - you realize that a lot of what you did was not intended to be done! - BEWARE! There is no clear goal setting for you. This leads to a lot of subjectivity in terms of you getting rated. I don't know about other departments - but talking about mine. - Lots of fire-fight, less of planned work.

      3.0
      Sep 12, 2011

      not great but ok for experience

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -exposure to lots of very smart people -exposure to lean/six sigma/management opportunities

      Cons

      -micro managed - cut throat for advacement

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