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      3.5

      51% would recommend to a friend

      (3,320 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      35% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.9

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Senior management

      2.6

      Work/Life balance

      Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,320 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      3K reviews
      4.0
      Nov 14, 2008

      A lot of experience and a lot of work

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      - Work experience is excellent, with exposure to many different technologies. - Amazon Web Services is a technology leader in some fields, which makes working on some of the web services projects extremely interesting. - Their are some excellent managers and team leaders in Amazon, with great insight into the process of software development. - Amazon has a higher hiring bar than much of the industry, which ensures that most (but not all) employees are competent and good at their jobs.

      Cons

      - Management are cheap when allocating equipment like desktops to developers. - The company does not sufficiently support a good work/life balance and does not have any problem requiring you to routinely answer calls and tickets in your free time.

      3.0
      Nov 5, 2008

      Know what you're getting into

      Software development engineer
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a well-respected company, and a lot of exciting things are happening. I think the company has a good long-term outlook

      Cons

      Pager duty (and supporting software 24/7) as an SDE. Having to coerce other teams into helping you with things. Documentation is lacking on pretty much everything, so there is a lot of frustration starting anything new.

      4.0
      Oct 29, 2008

      Could be better

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very good work, diverse work, nice peer group, small teams. work is very challenging and original. you get more responsibilities soon. nice growth opportunities are good for people who take up the challenges. still not yet in the indian mould, so there is not much difference from the seattle based teams and indian teams, which is good. the hiring bar is pretty high, so you work with a lot of brilliant people, which helps in shaping your career better. Compensation is pretty good compared to the industry average, and there is good recognition for good work. you feel like working in a startup.

      Cons

      the facilities are very mediocre and downright poor in some cases. the management does not mind cutting costs on the facilities provided, there is not much to refresh during work, the cafeteria is bad, poor phones, not many meeting rooms, no TT tables. some teams work on 24 by 7 support model which is very bad. some managers care only about the quantity of work and not quality. not much interaction between various teams like in seattle, the teams here keep to themselves. not much innovative ideas come from the indian team, inspite of having great talent, the management does not seem to be using them well.

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