Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,539 total reviews)
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50% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,539 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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210K reviews
5.0
Jan 29, 2017

Pending start date

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Thus far I've had nothing but a great onboarding experience. Quick, efficient, and practical

Cons

A little slow on decisive start dates

2.0
Jan 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Having this on your resume gets you an automatic interview at google -You can contribute to huge scale projects which sharpens your skills for your next job -Pay is great -Most jobs are in Seattle, so you can buy MJ like beer -Beyond L4 the pressure to reach a promotion is low -Can negotiate vacation -Switching teams is getting easier -Locations all around the world -You know when your big stock vests are coming. When it does take that money and run to google.

Cons

-The NY times article may be embellished, but is founded in reality for many folk (but not all teams) -Your offer may be for one team and then after moving to Seattle you show up day 1 and find out you are actually assigned to a different team -For 99% of folks amazon can only be a transitional place -Ops load is massive for devs -Tech debt is the main thing you'll get to work on -Most jobs are in Seattle, which has an insane cost of living -Promotions are insanely political: most folks won't even get a fair shot at one -Java, java, and more java -Paid in stock for a large portion of your compensation -US health insurance is so-so

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