Terrible management - Software Development Engineer II Amazon Employee Review

1.0
Jan 21, 2021
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Pros

Some of the engineers are really talented

Cons

Company culture wants everyone to do everything and is very stressful. Forte is the stupidest thing ever. Peer feedback is a waste of time and never results in anything. They claim to want to use your strengths, but al they did for me was tell me to not use them and focus on weaknesses The idea of growth at Amazon is taking a employee who likes their job and push them to focus more on the things they hate to try to justify a promotion instead of using their strengths. I now hate my job and am not productive For a data driven company, management of people is the opposite of that. They constantly collect data from employees, but never share any results. Nothing they do is justified

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Pros

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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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