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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,210 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 209,210 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
      4.0
      Feb 24, 2010

      Depends on where you land

      Software development engineer iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are some very challenging problems and smart people at Amazon. If you find a group with strong management and smart peers, you can learn a lot and work on satisfying problem sets.

      Cons

      Some groups do not have great accountability; the company can be very cheap about things like hiring QA or support engineers.

      4.0
      Feb 24, 2010

      Life as an SFA at Amazon

      Senior financial analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Recognizable brand name -Fast paced environment -Opportunity to learn and grow -Smart people

      Cons

      -Lack of strong leadership -Limited opportunities to advance

      5.0
      Feb 21, 2010

      I'm enjoying it

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Able to maintain a healthy work/life balance. Fun, friendly work environment. Interesting projects. Amazon is a very challenging workplace. You're expected to get things done very well and very quickly. There are a vast variety of projects, big and small, to work on to stretch your skills. You're not just interacting with other software developers, so you can use it as an opportunity to learn a lot about business in general and people skills.

      Cons

      Despite the long-term vision of the company executives, it seems that a lot of the lower-level managers have very short-term vision. They will cast your best laid plans asunder in favor of rushing out a completely new project in a very limited timespan so they have something to show in their regular meetings with top executives. As an SDE, you have to learn how to push back and get time to make a solid plan. Your developer as a programmer may be limited in terms of the developer tools you learn (and can use to pad your resume). Amazon uses a lot of proprietary developer tools. The on-call rotation is very frustrating and exhausting at times, but it's a necessary evil. It has driven people out of the company. But the severity of it is something that varies greatly from team to team.

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