Amazon Software Engineer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,281 total reviews)
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43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,281 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Mar 3, 2012

OK

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

world wide known company,respect for the employees. It was a great experience at least for me. I started as intern and now I am SDE

Cons

I think the biggest problem at Amazon is bureaucracy. For any small thing you have to ask for the highest level.

2.0
Nov 23, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

the job is stable. colleagues is nice

Cons

not well organized company. big pressure and busy

3.0
Oct 26, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you can get away from the legacy technology there's a lot of cool new stuff being worked on, and the people there are generally brilliant and passionate. It's a good place to learn a lot about technology and best practices.

Cons

Your job has to come before your life -- beyond the dreaded pager rotation, people routinely work evenings and weekends at home, and in general you need to have your head in the job 24/7. Amazon has a deservedly bad reputation for how it treats low-level employees, partners, and basically everyone it does business with. Not a place to work if you want to have a warm fuzzy feeling about your employer.

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