Excellent opportunity for learning and personal growth - Anonymous employee Amazon Employee Review

3.0
Mar 5, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Looks great on your resume. :-) Once you're in, there are multiple opportunities to move around, learn new skills, and you can really create your own path up to a point. Beautiful campus, beautiful city (Seattle).

Cons

Terrible life-work balance. Everyone works so much overtime. If you don't do it too, it makes you look bad. The annual compensation review process at Amazon is one of the most tortuous I've ever experienced. No revenue-based performance bonuses, even when the company is having a stellar year.

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5.0
May 26, 2026
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Pros

-Structural and organize -High pay -All training done on site

Cons

-Before start date very limited, information about AWS(They don't like sharing over the internet. -Fast pace with training and learning.

5.0
Jan 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.

Cons

You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.

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