Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,290 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 209,290 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
3.0
Oct 8, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Fast-paced environment - you never get bored at Amazon Ownership - You are encouraged to make changes where you see fit. If it works... great! If not... we'll just try sometihng else Backbone - One of the leadership principles is to have a backbone. You are expected to speak up if you disagree with something. You don't see this in a lot of corporate environment. You're not just a worker bee.

Cons

WORK-LIFE BALANCE - There is NO work-life balance at Amazon. You are expected to work from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed. Plan on working 60-80 weeks year-round. Changing Culture - Things change so quickly at Amazon that it can be difficult to keep up with the latest initiative. Competing Priorities - Amazon has not yet learned how to prioritize the work. Everything is a "must-do" and you are expected to hit every metric, no matter how ridiculous. (This goes back to the work-life balance.)

3.0
Oct 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast growing company Opportunity for advancement (for certain personalities) Excellent compensation Interesting technology Good business (not technical) management

Cons

Unrealistic deadlines lead to sloppy development practices. This leads to higher than necessary operational burden. Conflicting goals - why didn't you get this done on time? Because I was up all night fixing an operational problem. "You need to work harder" - I was up for over 20 hours straight, I need sleep. "You will be terminated if you don't step it up" - Huh? A 20 hour day isn't enough. No respect for simple human factors. If you need to sleep, don't work here.

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