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

Software Development Manager professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 485 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Manager Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Manager interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Manager employees well?

Software Development Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 485 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Manager salaries and benefits at Amazon .

How happy are Software Development Manager professionals working at Amazon?

48% of Software Development Manager employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 10% in the past 12 months. Software Development Manager professionals have also rated Amazon with a 2.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.1 rating for culture and values and 3.7 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11093) , Warehouse Worker (6897) , Associate (6200) , Software Engineer (6122) , Area Manager (5660) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3493) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3161) , Customer Service Representative (3039) , Program Manager (2467) , Operations Manager (2284) , Customer Service Associate (2212) , Sortation Associate (1860) , Manager (1453) , Process Assistant (1420)

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 19518 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13192 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7787 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5768 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4835 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 10041 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7079 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6625 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5168 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2397 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Manager reviews

3.4

48% would recommend to a friend

(485 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

27% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Culture & values

2.6

Senior management

2.4

Work/Life balance

Manager, Software Development employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 485 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Manager, Software Development professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Manager, Software Development professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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485 reviews

5.0

Jun 29, 2017

Amazon Web Services

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Pros

There are not many companies out there that provide the opportunity to build and operate software at this massive scale. The results are changing the way IT works, forever. People are smart and nice. There are national and international internal job opportunities left, right, and center. Compensation is competitive. The more senior the role, the more compensation relies on stock, which is great right now. HR processes continue to be improved. For example, the performance review and promotion processes were streamlined substantially.

Cons

The pace is fast. Teams and people generally have more work/opportunities than they can handle, so everyone needs to prioritize. When living in Seattle, house prices and traffic can be issues.

5.0

May 28, 2017

A wonderful opportunity to learn, innovate and build revolutionary technology

Software development manager

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CEO approval

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Pros

Amazon feels like a massive startup incubator with unlimited free AWS credit. I started my career at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer intern right out of college. I was given an open-ended problem to solve by my manager at the time who taught me a lot about the Amazon culture and how the leadership principles apply to the work we do. I had a lot of freedom to try things and explore other parts of the company, participating in hackathons and attending tech talks. I was hired full time to keep working on the project I started as an intern. As the years went by, there was some turnover but mostly a lot of growth in our team size. After a few years, my manager of the time left and I was offered to step up and lead the team which I am still doing to this day. Since I took over, I hired enough people to quadruple our original team size. I believe that Amazon is one of the few places where you can be trusted with responsibility so fast and be given the freedom to run your own internal startup within the company.

Cons

Amazon's model of small autonomous teams is both a blessing and a curse. The work environment is chaotic and there is no standard operating system that everyone adheres to. Another downside is Amazon's culture of building everything in-house. This means that you can't import external innovations that would increase your productivity (think Slack, Google Docs...) and you are instead stuck with what the company has built. With AWS expanding its productivity suite, it is becoming less of an issue though.

3.0

May 18, 2017

Software Development Manager

Software development manager

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Pros

You learn a lot in the fast paced culture.

Cons

Poor management, lack of career development support

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