Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,391 total reviews)
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50% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,391 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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209K reviews
4.0
Aug 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay and promotion opportunity. the fast growing pace of the company brings high Job security. It is relatively easy to get into the company for the time beeing, since Amazon is desperately seeking to expand it's work force and business.

Cons

Usually long work hours and frequent mandatory overtimes. Non-standard work processes and procedures. Everything's changing at all times. It requires Amazon employees to be quick learners.

4.0
Aug 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Huge data volumes Complex data challenges Exposure to multiple technologies

Cons

Heavy work load compared to other companies

1.0
Aug 3, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty decent salary Nice location Looks good on resume Get to work with some really smart people (doesn't mean they can manage well though) Depending on the category, the product samples can be quite nice

Cons

1) The expected work hours are insane and I'm not just talking about the 'holiday push'. I actually worked 70+ hrs for 6 months straight and that still wasn't enough really. Most of the categories are severely understaffed. The strategy seems to offer slightly higher than average salaries but require staff to do the work of two people! 2) Management is worthless. While I can say that most managers I met were incredibly bright people, I can say that almost all of them have ZERO people management skills. 3) MBA recruiting process is a joke. They had the gall to completely change the program AFTER everyone had accepted offers. 4) Benefits are horrible compared to competition.

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