Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,058 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

50% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,058 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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4.0
Oct 4, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting/hard issues to attack. Challenging and fun. - Fast release cycle. - SDE does work in multiple areas - some development, some QA, some PM, ... - Encouraged to explore new technologies and get experience for other teams. - Brilliant, knowledgeable and friendly coworkers - Friendly management style.

Cons

- Work does get hectic sometimes - need to work extra hours some times - On-call rotation - have to provide 24/7 support for software - Cooperation between teams is very hard - a lot of teams are overly defensive -

5.0
Oct 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Small teams encourage start-up-like mentality and working environment. Compensation is top-notch. All teams are limited to some 8-9 people, which allows each person to assume a comprehensive role covering all aspects of software development. The job also gives very interesting technical challenges.

Cons

Lack of benefits, health plan is lacking, company is "cheap". Company seems unwilling to spend on equipment, perks, and other niceties to improve productivity.

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