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      Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

      3.5

      55% would recommend to a friend

      (3,334 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      39% approve of CEO

      54% positive business outlook

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      Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,334 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      2.0
      Oct 27, 2013

      The retention in this company is really low and there are good reasons for that

      Software development engineer
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      Pros

      1. Smart people, although most of them leaves the company in ~1.5 years from their arrival. 2. Be part of big projects. 3. The compensation is ok.

      Cons

      1. Bad management. 2. On-call rotation in most places. 3. Parking isn't free for employees. 4. Very hard to get promoted. 5. Noisy work environment. 6. Very low retention rates. 7. Poor work-life balance (I remember more than one month that I've worked more than 13 hours a day and on weekends for the entire month). 8. The company isn't enthusiast about applying it employees for a green-card.

      4.0
      Oct 24, 2013

      Sweet Gig

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon is always on the front end of technology. Lots of exciting things happening there across many different product lines. It's also easy to move around from team to team and position to position.

      Cons

      The company tends to overwork you! The company also considers 'frugality' a value - which translates into no perks. This is very disappointing and a drag on the culture.

      5.0
      Oct 21, 2013

      SDE

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Awesome company to work at. Very interesting work. Cutting edge on several levels, surrounded by several brilliant people! Also bring your dog to work!

      Cons

      Its a lot of work, be prepared to work. There are also not too many perks, but I am fine with that. I would just say its more about your work than its about anything else.

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