Horrible - Software Development Engineer II Amazon Employee Review

2.0
Aug 21, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

FAANG level pay, too bad its the worst of the bunch.

Cons

- Zero meaningful benefits, you must stay 3 years in order to earn your 401k match. - Unrealistic deadlines set by "Software Development Managers" who have never developed software in their life. - Bad engineering culture -- no tests/declining code quality due to deadlines, toxic agile/sprint practices (i.e. exact day estimates, pointless retros, long daily stand ups), weak code review process - Poor to non existent mentorship from senior+ engineers - Leadership straight up lies: Went from "we will never end remote work", to "we are ending remote work except for those hired virtually", to "everyone must return or face termination without severance"

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Pros

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Cons

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