Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,262 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 209,262 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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2.0
Jun 4, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is great. Benefits are great. Most employees are great, intelligent and driven.

Cons

Management is sales department is horrible. I was top in my sales but because my manager just didn't like me, he made my life a living hell despite my hard work, and devotion to the company and my goals. My manager sometimes ignored me for several days for asking challenging questions of him, He hired a person who had a terrible performance record but hired her on our team becuase she cried in the interview then the rest of the team had to pick up her slack. I was also told from the same manager that I would not get as good of a review because I chose to advance as an "individual contributor" instead of going down the management road. Our sales team was once yelled at for over achieving on our quarerly goal, becuase they would have to pay us more than anticipated. Also went back on their agreement to pay out full commission to an account executive who acheived an unexpected high goal past his quota. I was also told by my manager verbatim: "You think like a girl, you think too much." I've had one excellent manager in the four years that I was there, but the rest of managers on the sales team were completely inexperienced, immature, unprofessional and rude. The bad managers were more focused on playing the political game and not being an effective manager.

1.0
Jun 3, 2010

No work / life balance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Looks good on your resume, the RSU's are nice if they vest in time (and Amazon's stock is high)--before you go mad from the insane hours you work (while being on salary), and that's about it.

Cons

1) No work/life balance 2) No respect 3) No advancement 4) No guidance 5) No real leadership from management 6) No fun 7) No employee retention 8) No rewards for hard work

4.0
Jun 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good salary compared to peers. one of the best work in the industry. professionally good growth both in the company and out side the company.

Cons

not a good office environment. cramped space. worst office location choosen.

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