Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,790 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,790 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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7K reviews
2.0
May 9, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Getting into Amazon is like a dream come true. Exposure to other technologies.

Cons

You will become utterly burnt out. They add responsibility to you. Expect to be back stabbed by your colleagues and managers alike. Amazon will take you for every drop of blood you have. If management do not like you they will block your career path and make up every excuse not to move you forward. They are customer centric not employee centric. You are replaceable and their false security that they can keep replacing employees with new ones will make your head spin and demoralise you . Its a battery chicken farm. Expect to work over every public holiday. Christmas and Easter included with no thanks whatsoever. Managers do take these holidays though.

3.0
May 4, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation is good for a new graduate. The organization is clear so that everyone 's accomplishment is available to others. Managers sometimes are good resources to learn.

Cons

Lots of operation stuff instead of concentrating on programming. It is kind of hard to balance between life and work. Working in a small AWS support team, the career opportunities are not good.

1.0
May 2, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

working at amazon is better than starving in the rain fighting hobos and pigeon for cold bowls of bird soup. working at Amazon is better than watching infomercials.

Cons

Amazon thinks way to highly of themselves. They sell doo-dads over the internet. Amazon does not value people. Google the gawker article on "amazons bizarre corporate culture. If you are a talented young engineer, DO NOT WORK FOR AMAZON. GO ANYWHERE else.

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