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
1.0
Jul 23, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Jeff Bezos has a great vision. These are the smartest, most motivated, and professional people that I have ever worked with. Amazon puts the customer first. There are a bunch of great projects to work on.

Cons

Work style is confrontational. Entire company is micromanaging everyone else.

4.0
May 30, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a place with very interesting technical challenges ---if you are looking for great technical problems and bright people to work with, then this is the right place. Also it has a get-things-done culture: things develop very rapidly and it is a short distance from idea to execution.

Cons

The biggest disadvantage of working here is the on-call burden. You are required to carry a pager on a rotation basis and it binds you down whenever you have it. Some teams have a very heavy on-call load which interferes with regular development.

4.0
May 29, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work. Smart people, doing small jobs as well as big jobs. You will own something. Good pay.

Cons

Get ready to be frugal. This is normally a good thing, but sometimes it is a fault when not managed intelligently. If you don't like something at the company you can change it, but get ready to fight an uphill battle. Still better than M$ though when it comes to inspiring change.

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