Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,512 total reviews)
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50% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,512 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
3.0
Jul 29, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The ability to make an impact at one of the fastest growing companies in the world is exciting. You are not going to find a better resumer builder.

Cons

Too much trust given to computers instead of human capital. They want algorithms to run everything and is willing to outsource much of the work to India without enough quality controls. Turnover is about 80% in 3 years.

1.0
Jul 25, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Nice pay. Other then the pay there isnt much of pros. the work isnt bad but its also not good either. domain knowledge is all you need.

Cons

Well amazon cares about customers but not employees. For a fresher you can gain knowledge about technology for a little bit more experienced person its not a software development company its a retail company. the software development practices are horrible. The tools used internally are a pain. And also forget about having a life out of work. the people in india expect you to work in day and people in usa expect you to work at night. there are no flex hours and you are not expected to work from home or something like that will not be appreciated

5.0
Jul 23, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Hugely innovative company * You're never working on the same thing for very long * Movement between teams and around the company is encouraged * Strong culture of knowledge sharing and collaborative problem-solving, both within your team and throughout the company * Amazon's computing needs are among the most extreme in the world--there's never a shortage of challenging problems to solve

Cons

* The benefits package isn't all that great for a company of Amazon's size * The culture of frugality has a tendency to disappoint: employee perks are at a minimum here * Parental leave policies are bare minimum * Stock-based bonuses take a while (years) to kick in

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