Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,497 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 209,497 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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209K reviews
4.0
May 30, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

It is a place with very interesting technical challenges ---if you are looking for great technical problems and bright people to work with, then this is the right place. Also it has a get-things-done culture: things develop very rapidly and it is a short distance from idea to execution.

Cons

The biggest disadvantage of working here is the on-call burden. You are required to carry a pager on a rotation basis and it binds you down whenever you have it. Some teams have a very heavy on-call load which interferes with regular development.

4.0
May 29, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work. Smart people, doing small jobs as well as big jobs. You will own something. Good pay.

Cons

Get ready to be frugal. This is normally a good thing, but sometimes it is a fault when not managed intelligently. If you don't like something at the company you can change it, but get ready to fight an uphill battle. Still better than M$ though when it comes to inspiring change.

2.0
May 28, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Many challenging technical problems to tackle as an employee. They give lots of room for you to shine but also rope to hang yourself. It's a very dynamic culture and promotes best solution at the time. This could be bad though since it also means a lot of bad solutions are introduced before the best comes out.

Cons

Be prepared to move groups every year or two. You will get managed out if you're in lower end of reviews. Middle management changes direction too much. It's a very operations oriented culture, that means pager duty for everyone. Depending on group you could spend a lot of time fire fighting.

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