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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,122 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 209,122 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
      Nov 9, 2008

      Good place to learn, must have thick skin to stay long-term

      Technical project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good career growth with exposure to a high-success way of doing business. Great to focus on the customer rather than on stock share prices.

      Cons

      Limited performance feedback.....senior management tends to focus on the negatives rather than providing praise for job well done. The pace is intense, so those seeking quality of work-life balance should be forewarned.

      4.0
      Nov 7, 2008

      Overall good company to work for

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon is a fast paced environment that allows one to learn a lot from developing large scale software. The company does care about it's customers. You can often end political arguments by focusing on the customers. You will work with a bunch of smart workers who are very talented. The work life balance is decent, but it also depends on the team you are on. The senior management has been pretty good at listening to people below them, and giving the workers the proper support they need. Senior management also has a pretty good idea of how to progress the team for the future.

      Cons

      The biggest down side is carrying a pager around. Depending on your luck of the draw, you could be working on holidays. Some teams within the company are not as responsive to taking ownership. i've also seen many talented SDE 2's that have worked at Amazon for many years that have not been promoted to SDE 3. It seems that jump is a huge roadblock for the SDE career path. The health benefits are not that great when compared with some other companies. Also, the company's only perk is a 10% discount towards Amazon.com purchases up to a total savings of $100 a year. Even if one of the company's core value is frugality, this is too frugal.

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