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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,026 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 209,026 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
      Jul 12, 2008

      Great company to work for but also depends on the groups you will join

      Senior financial analyst
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      Pros

      Its growth will bring a lot of opportunities for future career advancement. Fast pace and dynamic work environment.

      Cons

      I dont know which group I am going to work with until a few weeks before starting my job. Some groups sucks and I cannot do anything with that except waiting until it is time to move out to other groups.

      1.0
      Jul 12, 2008

      Recommend Against Working There

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon is a great company in many respects -- the core retail website and Amazon's customer service operations are outstanding. Given it's established status as a successful online retailer, it's in an advantageous position to sell digital media which will of course become an increasingly huge market. The company also has an extremely driven, hands-on, engaged CEO.

      Cons

      The management style in many departments is almost comically top-down. As a result, it often feels like Amazon hires a lot of smart people to perform tasks that don't really have a lot of strategic significance -- a lot of tactical decision-making gets made at a very high level. So while everyone is working really fast, things tend to happen slow. As much as anything, I think this explains the very high level of employee turnover at the company.

      4.0
      Jul 10, 2008

      Opportunity with responsibility

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon is doing a bunch of things that are really at the cutting edge of information technology. Massive scale? Check. Cloud computing? Check. Utility web services? Check. Internet media? Check. You get the freedom to do amazing things. (Mind you, along with that comes the responsibility to do them right.) That's from the engineering point of view. I can't really comment on the retail and supply chain parts of the business.

      Cons

      You own what you build, which means that you own the operational burden. Also it's a secretive place (not surprising given the retail angle), so don't expect to become an open source hero or A-list blogger. It's frugal - retail margins will do that - so don't expect Google-style goodies.

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