Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,258 total reviews)
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43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,258 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Sep 19, 2016

Not too many up sides

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

stock options are very attractive now

Cons

work hard. bad health care. 401k in stocks. stocks vest VERY slowly

3.0
Aug 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not much micro-management - mobility between teams - really damn smart people - freedom to talk back, stand your ground, etc. - new facilities

Cons

Management is never satisfied - heavily stratified hierarchy with rigidly defined roles - ridiculous promotion processes - really high turnover - crowded working spaces - lifeless, obviously exhausted staff

3.0
Aug 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good experience for beginners. environment is highly competitive, but you can learn a lot from experienced teammates. initially you may have to put in lot of extra hours to learn the ropes.

Cons

you are on call every other week

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