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 6,778 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 6,778 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 (11105) , Warehouse Worker (6904) , Associate (6204) , Software Engineer (6132) , Area Manager (5676) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3496) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3168) , Customer Service Representative (3041) , Program Manager (2471) , Operations Manager (2291) , Customer Service Associate (2214) , Sortation Associate (1862) , 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 19445 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 12957 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7734 reviews)); "The pay: the base salary is good and the sign on bonus was great." ((in 5825 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4791 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 10037 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7077 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6653 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5185 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2399 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,778 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 6,778 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

3.0

Aug 6, 2012

A good if not great place to work

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Opportunity to work with large scale systems. 2. Great for new grads to learn how service oriented systems work. 3. Work with smart people.

Cons

1. Virtually no perk. 2. Very stressful on-call/pager duty. 3. Very bad criteria for qualifying for green card processing (applicable to H1B visa holders) 4. Insignificant salary increment. 5. Frugality actually means being cheap and provide employees with cheap and inadequate hardware.

3.0

Aug 6, 2012

Nice work, less pay.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work environment with good people around. A steep learning curve for employees at all levels. Freedom to work in terms of hours as well as type of work. A lot of responsibility is given to employees.

Cons

Pay is less when compared to competitors. Employee retention isn't considered important for lower roles. Employees are encouraged to work for long hours.

5.0

Jul 30, 2012

Working at Amazon

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Dynamic, shorter build cycles, you will see what you built in prod - Smart people - Lot of learning

Cons

- Lot of work - Frugality - Oncall

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