Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(6,203 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 6,203 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
2.0
Mar 19, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- other developers on my team are really smart - other developers on team to socialize and commiserate about how awful it is - working for a company that tries to treat its customers well

Cons

- completely disrespectful management with no people skills who think they can develop this project faster and better than anyone on your team and have no interest in listening to anything you say - what do you mean you have a life outside of the office??? (on call rotation; completely unrealistic schedules for completing work items; expectations that you will work late, on weekends and on holidays. I asked to take one day off in 3 weeks, I was told "No", a week later, my manager goes on a 10 day holiday.) - frustrating development tools and environments. non-industry standard, outdated documentation

4.0
Nov 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary. Growth in stocks. Good development culture.

Cons

Inexperienced dev managers Frugal comparatively to the other big techs On-call rotation Lack of testers

5.0
Oct 21, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Getting to work on new technologies, Flexibility in work environment. Genius people around you. Compensation given to the new developers

Cons

Clarity of job role. Communication with the management and peers.

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