Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,259 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 209,259 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
1.0
Apr 5, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

free onsite events with free books and music giveaways. allows dogs at site and in your work space. decent cafeteria.

Cons

backstabbing people in HR, it was just awful. Rumors galore everywhere. It seemed like quality output was not the goal, rather looking busy was.

4.0
Apr 5, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

With the growth the company is undergoing, there will be continual growth/promotional opportunities for the next decade. The general public's confidence in making online purchases will only increase as the "Text" generation graduates from college and has access to disposable income.

Cons

You will definitely work hard. If you don't like what you do, or who you work with, it will be a struggle. But if you enjoy your work, and those you work with, it could possibly be the coolest experience you ever have. Plan on being accessible via email at night and on weekends. Unless your a Software Development Engineer, you won't be on your computer over the weekend but a couple of times a year. You will be asked questions via email that may require a ready reply. Depending on your responsibilities this could be 1-2x/week to daily for high mainenance roles.

4.0
Apr 4, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are a lot of smart people at Amazon. We work on the cutting edge of technology, and all of our problems are interesting. As for the teams I've worked on, it feels still like a start-up, each product is still immature, it's your job to make it better, and to scale it.

Cons

Amazon is a cheap company. Period. They make up for it with compensation, but don't expect frosting on the cake. Sometimes you feel like the tools are working against you, there is a lot of legacy code, and you may need to maintain something that has nothing to do with what you are developing. On-call rotation can be pretty stressful and demanding, depending on your team.

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