Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,659 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

50% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,659 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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210K reviews
2.0
Oct 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work with lots of talented individuals on products that are used by millions of people Path for promotion as an individual contributor

Cons

Easy to get stuck doing something you don't like Managers like to micromanage Oncall can be very frequent Hours can be very long Company very frugal with perks Projects are frequently planned to force developers to work overtime to meet goals Managers can be too focused on looking like they are working hard instead of delivering results

1.0
Oct 1, 2012

Oracle ERP Developer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is ok, initial stock offering is good

Cons

No promotions within ERP, no training offered, no career growth, stock and signing bonus used as basis for yearly compensation for 4 - 5 years. Long hours are normal.

4.0
Oct 1, 2012

Exciting but draining

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Extremely customer focused - it is engrained in the company's culture to think about the customer in every aspect of decision making Fast paced environment that encourages quick ship cycles Frugal

Cons

Frugal to a fault - sometimes its better to spend on employee morale Very cut throat culture Sometime the pace can wear you down No work-life balance

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