Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,317 total reviews)
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34% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer I employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,317 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer I professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer I professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Apr 27, 2012
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Pros

Quality of work is good, it is very fast growing changing environment so lots of opportunity to grow and learn new things. Good compensation, they give exactly what they promise on offer letter. No hidden charges.

Cons

Frugality misplaced. We spend more in areas we should not and save in areas we should not. Employee goodwill and loyalty is compromised as a result.

2.0
Apr 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are great engineers all over the company. And the older divisions, like retail and supply chain are reasonably paced and supported.

Cons

AWS was horrible. When I told a manager I was working harder than I'd ever worked he replied "Well, I don't want you to work 80 hours a week." And I thought, great, your threshold for overwork is 20 hours past mine. Also, the pay really isn't great. When I left my salary went up at least 10% and my time working dropped 20%.

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