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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,262 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      50% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Senior management

      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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      209K reviews
      4.0
      May 29, 2010

      Good place to work. Lot's of pressure, smart people, doing small jobs as well as big jobs.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good place to work. Smart people, doing small jobs as well as big jobs. You will own something. Good pay.

      Cons

      Get ready to be frugal. This is normally a good thing, but sometimes it is a fault when not managed intelligently. If you don't like something at the company you can change it, but get ready to fight an uphill battle. Still better than M$ though when it comes to inspiring change.

      2.0
      May 28, 2010

      It's like a pirate ship.

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Many challenging technical problems to tackle as an employee. They give lots of room for you to shine but also rope to hang yourself. It's a very dynamic culture and promotes best solution at the time. This could be bad though since it also means a lot of bad solutions are introduced before the best comes out.

      Cons

      Be prepared to move groups every year or two. You will get managed out if you're in lower end of reviews. Middle management changes direction too much. It's a very operations oriented culture, that means pager duty for everyone. Depending on group you could spend a lot of time fire fighting.

      4.0
      May 23, 2010

      good company

      Software engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is clear career direction and growth which is offered via documents that indicate how to get promoted and what qualities you need. The work environment is a meritocracy. If you back up your ideas with reason, people will listen. There are many opportunities for learning, growth, and achievement. You just need to show some initiative.

      Cons

      The management is hit or miss. There are some managers who really know what they are doing, and they get promoted rather quickly. There are other managers who are not that great, and eventually get promoted because of the results they command from their team. It can take a big effort to convince management their plan is not good.

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