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

Software Development Engineering professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 6,799 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering employees well?

Software Development Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 6,799 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11108) , Warehouse Worker (6913) , Associate (6208) , Software Engineer (6153) , Area Manager (5691) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3507) , Fulfillment Associate (3406) , Software Development Engineer (3178) , Customer Service Representative (3042) , Program Manager (2477) , Operations Manager (2295) , Customer Service Associate (2216) , Sortation Associate (1865) , Manager (1455) , Process Assistant (1422)

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 19531 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13294 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7784 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5825 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4855 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 10148 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7104 reviews)); "Bad management always yelling at employees the turn around ratio of hiring and letting people go is really awful." ((in 6707 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5202 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2406 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,799 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,799 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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7K reviews

1.0

Nov 17, 2014

Worst employees HR, manager

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learn new stuff. If you go to good team and work under a good manager you are lucky.

Cons

Pass feedback to HR, they would share with management Rogues and immature managers lead large teams. No goals set, reviews are wishy washy, no official written reviews shared Manager has to like you, else you are doomed. Senior management is too busy to hear you. Didn't have any context on you or product. Associates team in Bangalore is one such team, heavy attrition with jokers as senior managers.

5.0

Nov 12, 2014

Amazing workplace; excellent environment.

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Truly an amazing and innovative place to work. I have had nothing short of joy working with my team and the highly scalable tools that the infrastructure provides. It can be quite the load of work at times, but you are always encouraged to automate and innovate--even when that means tearing out the old stuff you don't like. The whole world is your playground here.

Cons

Workload can be high, but it is manageable--they are very considerate about work-life balance, and offer easy VPN access when working from home is necessary.

1.0

Nov 12, 2014

Bad place to work

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Looks good on the resume, either to get into other companies later. Some smart people here.

Cons

No work/life balance, sweat shop. Yes, they will wake you up at 2am in the middle of the night. Management truly doesn't care about their employees. Very bad culture, people talk behind your back. Very high turnover, most developers are still unfamiliar with the product they're working on.

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