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3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,253 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 209,253 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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209K reviews
1.0
Jan 21, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Smart people. Fast paced. Amazing problems to solve. Huge business opportunities to pursue. Big jobs. Great experience. Made me better.

Cons

Philosophy of getting the most out of people and paying them as little as possible. Survival of the fittest with no focus on people development. Too few people. Not supportive culture. High turnover. I see many employees who are not growing and who are developing very bad people management habits due to the example provided my their management. No end to the work you are ased to complete. No celbration of success - instead on to the next problem tosolve. Nothing is built to last. Things are built with duct tape because insufficient time invested to make things bullet proof.

1.0
Jul 27, 2009

Horrible Experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large company, maybe a good place to start a career if you don't plan to stay too long.

Cons

Horrible experience. Nepitism, favoritism, lying, distrust, forcing out one employee after another. Seriously, I have never seen anything like it. Easily the worst employee experience of my career. Every three to six months management seems to pick a certain percentage of employees and force them out. These are quality, hard working, dedicated employees. Your manager will take credit for all that works well and zero responsiblity. Also will not support employees. Culture runs contrary to all modern management. Each quarterly meeting they have all of the new employees stand up, and 40% of the room stands. I thought it was impressive as it showed growth, but I suspect it is mostly turnover. Very very sad.

1.0
Apr 9, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good healthcare, benefits and compensation package Great facilities

Cons

AHS - This is basically a call centre role which requires you to be on call from the start till the end of your shift. Job description is misleading which explains the high turnover rate and mass hire that is still ongoing since the start of the department in SIN. Work done here does not feel meaningful and impactful at all as it could've been easily covered by the other teams through restructuring. The management does not (and will not) care about the duration of your stay - headcount is simply replaced through new hires daily that are clueless and farewells are like bread and butter in this team. Bias and favouritism from team leads/managers are so prevalent that they are not even discreet about it. Career progression is not judged by the hard work you've done but rather on the hands of management which are all highly uncoordinated and probably not even sure of the groundworks done by the "specialists". This breeds a cult-like and toxic environment as everyone struggles to get themselves on the good books of the managers in order to advance in the position. Hardworking individuals are all leaving one by one as the working environment is so depressing and there's practically zero opportunity to progress if you do not butter up to anyone. Feedback system is in practice for the sake of it - mostly patronised and no feasible action done no matter how many times it was highlighted. Unnecessary meetings called for on a daily basis that discuss meaningless topics. Be ready for top-down management style and micromanaged while in this team. I feel the company itself is a great place to work at, just not in AHS. If a call centre job is what you're looking for, would still suggest you to look elsewhere with better management that actually cares for your well-being and career interest, do not get enticed by the company brand name. Considering a call centre role is already stressful enough, it is just not worth it to be here dealing with all these politics and compromise on your mental health.

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