Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(6,222 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 6,222 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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3.0
Nov 8, 2015
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Pros

It is very challenging environment, a lot of codes need to be implemented fast and deployed fast to meet customer needs. The whole company is very customer obsessed and always ready to respond to customers as highest priority. It is a great place where you can learn a lot in a short period of time. When you need helps, a lot of people, a lot of departments are willing to help you get things through. Most of the people are smart and super diligent. My manager probably only sleep for 4-5 hours and constantly working everywhere.

Cons

All condemnation to work life balance is wrong, because there is NO LIFE at all. After a 1.5 months of working 12 hours a day, 6 days a week to meet a hard deadline without payroll for extra hours, now the consolation is I can work at home on Sundays or on weekday nights till 11pm after I leave work at about 6. Although, my manager work even longer and my colleagues are similar.

5.0
Oct 28, 2015

Software Engineer

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Pros

Learn a lot of stuff and good team environment

Cons

Work-life balance is relatively bad

4.0
Oct 25, 2015
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Pros

Tremendous scope for going in different professional directions in different domains, with different technologies, etc. Very different work environments/cultures in different parts of the company. Reports of slave-driving behavior generally exaggerated. No sense of robotic corporate kool-aid that all must drink. Competitive compensation, pleasant location, looks good on resume, etc.

Cons

Level of intensity and creative chaos in some groups may be overwhelming for some. Preponderance of young, ambitious, hyper-focused, look-alike engineers. Demanding, not always family-friendly. Rather Darwinian approach to performance management.

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