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      Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

      3.5

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (6,791 total reviews)
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      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 6,791 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
      May 2, 2014

      Amazon is the walmart of the tech world

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      working at amazon is better than starving in the rain fighting hobos and pigeon for cold bowls of bird soup. working at Amazon is better than watching infomercials.

      Cons

      Amazon thinks way to highly of themselves. They sell doo-dads over the internet. Amazon does not value people. Google the gawker article on "amazons bizarre corporate culture. If you are a talented young engineer, DO NOT WORK FOR AMAZON. GO ANYWHERE else.

      5.0
      May 2, 2014

      The best and worst of times

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      In most places challenging problems with motivated and competent colleagues working toward the common goal of making the most customer centric company in the world. Good rewards for implementing good ideas quickly. Culture encourages collaboration and access to intellectual resources. Competitive benefits with stock grants that reward pay for performance. The pace is usually exhilarating

      Cons

      Like most dynamic software companies the need for speed and impatience with failure biases work-life balance heavily to work at all technical levels evidenced in increases rates of fatigue and irritability. The pace reduces the time to recover. Q4 can be exhausting.

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