Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(6,226 total reviews)
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41% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,226 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Aug 29, 2016
Recommend
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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

4.0
Aug 7, 2016

software engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I got an opportunity to innovate on my own unlike other companies where being dictated by other people on what to do.

Cons

I could not think of any cons...

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