Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,224 total reviews)
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43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Softwarer Developer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,224 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Softwarer Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Softwarer Developer professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Mar 3, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Chance to take up a lot of responsibility Recognition for hard work Decent pay, but no bonuses Great managers

Cons

Even developers need to do support work Too much cost cutting over-crowded office - not enough space not enough recreation activities in office US teams have more say

3.0
Feb 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon.com does give stock option or stock rewards very generously as a singing bonus offer, and even entry level engineer will get some substantial amount.

Cons

Almost every SDE has to carry a pager and there is an on-call rotation for every team. Not good if you have a family.

4.0
Jan 26, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

job security good work environment fun place to work easy access to resources good for freshers

Cons

low salary...need to change the policies..., make some changes for work culture and give some more liberty to the people/employees

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