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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,628 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      50% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

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      Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,628 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 IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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      210K reviews
      1.0
      Aug 28, 2011

      Culture of Immaturity

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon is still a relatively new company, as such, there is a lot of room for growth if you are patient and like to promote yourself

      Cons

      Managers care mostly about what benefits them and not Amazon. Very little planning. Most communications are passed along at the last second. They will tell you they provide paid holidays, but what they mean is that you will be required to work and they will pay you for it. They will hire you for one task, but then create walls that prevent you from doing your job.

      1.0
      Aug 27, 2011

      Very discourgaging, miserable, unachievable rate expectations

      Picker, packer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon is a huge growing company with excellent benefits, so the chances of a lay-off due to lack of business won't happen.

      Cons

      We are treated like machines set up to meet impossible rates per hour. Mandatory overtime working 50 to 60 hours a week and it's not even peek season yet. It often reaches 110 degrees in the warehouse. 15 minute breaks are taken up walking across the building to get to the breakroom or outside.

      1.0
      Aug 27, 2011

      Give Give Give, Take Take Take - Completely unrealistic quality expectations - give give give take...

      Quality assurance manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great Quality Aspirations Team Effort to Quality Outcome Excellent Design Standards Intense get it done environment

      Cons

      Sr. Mng - Utterly unrealistic quality expectations - no time, only mistakes matter and cost dearly Amazon doesn't have QA in many groups or they are woefully under staffed No Sr QA Mng clout or support (Director/VP)- notice there are zero QA Manger reviews on Amazon No refined QA Standards/processes across the board - did I say zero YES Double edge review process - don't rock the boat just be loved by all Frugality - means QA wont have resources to be successful - just live with it (die with it) Software Security Team - PARANOID no open source software tools - who cares about success

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