Amazon Security Engineer reviews

3.6

53% would recommend to a friend

(144 total reviews)
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47% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Security Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 144 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Security Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Security Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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144 reviews
4.0
Mar 30, 2018

Security Engineer

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Pros

Smart people, big opportunities for growth and accomplishment, decent compensation. I'm enjoying the impactful work I get to do.

Cons

Fast moving competitive workplace, requires independence, motivation, an ability to learn quickly, and the ability to be vocal about your ideas to be successful. I get the sense employees are always expected to be moving up, so if you're the type of person that wants to punch the clock and put in your 40 hrs, with no desire to grow and advance you may have a difficult time depending on your team culture and management.

3.0
Oct 16, 2016
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Pros

Actually touching products that people use Leadership principles can make bad people a little better Best customer-first company I've ever seen

Cons

Perverse incentives that make people learn to manipulate others or give it up to people who will Super political, even in smaller orgs Culture is very invasive-- so many people drink the koolaid and it's kinda sad Stressful on the mind; many people seem like they have constant anxiety and could 'crack' at any moment No such thing as 'controlled chaos', it's just chaos for employees and then orgs clean up the messes Unless you're fairly senior, you have no control in the org at all; nobody cares about good ideas, they want to do things that 'look good' primarily, and if they really make a difference later, it's fine No stability for decision making; people can criticize you for anything and there's no accountability at higher levels

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