Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,437 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 209,437 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
3.0
Jul 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good name and good experience. You get to work with a good number of smart, driven individuals.

Cons

Working long hours, especially during peak season. Little upward mobility. There was a perception that senior management had a three year and out perspective. In other words, talented people would come on, work hard for three years, and then be expected to move up or out. Turnover was extremely high within operations, and there needed to be a focus on creating a sustainable workforce. This high turnover created undo variance and troubles within the processes and for managers.

4.0
Jul 20, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon is a very innovative company with never a dull moment at work. Management greatly encourages new ideas/technology, given that you can get some free time off your operational load (see below). The company has some of the smartest people around and provides awesome learning and career growth opportunities. If you ever wonder what does it take to keep a large scale distributed system working where the customer never even realizes the machinery behind amazon.com, you need to come work at Amazon. Great place to work at, learn some new stuff and have fun while doing it. Amazon totally rocks!

Cons

Operational load messes up your regular development work. Be prepared to live with chaos.

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