Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineering?

Software Development Engineering professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 6,787 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering employees well?

Software Development Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 6,787 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11106) , Warehouse Worker (6905) , Associate (6205) , Software Engineer (6139) , Area Manager (5680) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3502) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3171) , Customer Service Representative (3041) , Program Manager (2475) , Operations Manager (2291) , Customer Service Associate (2215) , Sortation Associate (1864) , Manager (1454) , Process Assistant (1421)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19311 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13173 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7766 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5825 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4871 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10100 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7030 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6629 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5177 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2439 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,787 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,787 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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7K reviews

2.0

Oct 28, 2013

People come and go

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A perfect place for singles and workaholics.

Cons

Passive attitude due to too many works. Engineers are responsible for most of operational works and oncall.

2.0

Oct 27, 2013

The retention in this company is really low and there are good reasons for that

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Smart people, although most of them leaves the company in ~1.5 years from their arrival. 2. Be part of big projects. 3. The compensation is ok.

Cons

1. Bad management. 2. On-call rotation in most places. 3. Parking isn't free for employees. 4. Very hard to get promoted. 5. Noisy work environment. 6. Very low retention rates. 7. Poor work-life balance (I remember more than one month that I've worked more than 13 hours a day and on weekends for the entire month). 8. The company isn't enthusiast about applying it employees for a green-card.

4.0

Oct 24, 2013

Sweet Gig

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon is always on the front end of technology. Lots of exciting things happening there across many different product lines. It's also easy to move around from team to team and position to position.

Cons

The company tends to overwork you! The company also considers 'frugality' a value - which translates into no perks. This is very disappointing and a drag on the culture.

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