Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,260 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 209,260 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 10, 2010

good place for innovators

Anonymous employee
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Pros

strong tech team, open innovative culture, senior management is strong, a place where builders can build, lots of scale and hard problems to solve.

Cons

constant churn, heavy workload, not a good work life balance, pound wide and penny foolish, lots of internal dependencies can make it hard to move fast.

2.0
May 5, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great compensation - Amazon needs to retain top talent at least for a little while. Good benefits. I happen to have a good manager, which is great, but rare company-wide. Working with very smart and capable people.

Cons

Worst work/life balance I have ever had at a company by far. Management expects you to sacrifice everything for the good of the company. If you don't do well, they can put you on a PIP or fire you at any time, BUT if you exceed expectations, you have to wait a full year for review and compensation. There are no mid-term or end of calendar year bonuses, etc - hopefully you are fine with just a pat on the back. Most folks I work with hate working there and won't leave out of fear or because or the golden handcuffs (RSUs). Seriously RSUs are not rewards, they are a retention device and nothing more. They toss their money around to attract the top talent, but in the end have a lot of turnover. I am desperately trying to leave, but have to wait for the right opportunity. Amazon sucks.

4.0
May 3, 2010

ok

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

pay were ok, benefits were ok, a good working atmosphere, some perks, good coworkers, health insurance ok, casual work dress

Cons

management clueless, poor communication, goals not clearly stated , not enough flexibility, hard to move up, few clear cut paths to move up

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