Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,563 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 209,563 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
May 10, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best place to learn, experiment and innovate. Best compensation in the market place and better opportunities in the future.

Cons

I couldn't think of many downsides but if there can be one it could be the long working hours you have to deal with.

5.0
May 9, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

*NOTE: these are generalizations. Crappy managers and co-workers do exist* -Smart and skilled people -Highly motivated people -During any type of "political debate," asking what is best for the customer usually gets people on the same page -Easy to move around the company. In fact, it's encouraged. -Things are done for a reason -Managers seem to be s**t umbrellas rather than s**t funnels. -Due to the ridiculous scale of our systems, the one in a billion edge case keeps us up at night -The promotions thing is done on a strict merit basis. If everyone in a department deserves a promotion, they all get it. There is no quota. But each promotion / review is heavily vetted with a bunch of management folks. -I can drink on the job. We have weekly beer bashes and occasional nerf wars. It's a pretty good balance of youth and older, more experienced folks. -Management is in tune with you, and what you want to do / are doing. Most teams have weekly one-on-ones with their manager to just chat. -Management is responsive and receptive

Cons

-Your career growth is dictated by the opportunities made available to you at the team you're on. -People switch teams about every 2 years. Which is great, since it enables you to move around easily, but it also causes some turnover pains. -Depending on the team, the pager thing can be annoying. But it's not that terrible, and many teams don't have a rotation. But you do have folks in Ireland / India to take them during the night.

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