Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,785 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,785 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
1.0
Apr 30, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good Salary. Thats all. But you need to sacrifice many other things on the cost of that.

Cons

- I wonder how so many people have given such a good rating. Yes, if work is the only thing in your life, this may be the place for you. - Quality of work is extremely bad. Its all about coordinating with other teams and getting things done. You will hardly get to use your creativity. - There is panic and chaos all around. No office culture. People shouting, listening music on high volumes. - Situation at Chennai is more bad. Very bad facilities. Non-ethical place. - People just come here for a brand name and start contemplating for a change within few months. - Freshers may still sustain. But extremely bad for people who have come from a company with decent work culture. - Have a long list of negatives. But I hope this much should be enough for prospective employees to take a decision.

4.0
Apr 27, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon promotes leadership skills to every job type and level. It sets clear guidelines as to what is expected out of one's job role to become a good leader. Amazon values its culture fit and put a lot of efforts in hiring people who resonates with these leadership principles. Goal setting is pretty aggressive and pushes people to their limit to achieve that goal. For a young software engineer Amazon has all that is needed to grow in the industry and excel in her career.

Cons

Work-Life balance couldn't be maintained all the time since Goals are aggressive. It is in the philosophy to have stretched Goals (and not easy goals) so everybody is under more or less stress. One has to handle this stress in order to survive in Amazon.

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