Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,290 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 209,290 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
3.0
May 18, 2010

Experience depends on your manager

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Pros

You get to work with a lot of smart, talented people. Amazon has a fast paced environment that encourages innovation. You can work on a lot of interesting projects and get to try out new ideas.

Cons

Most people at Amazon will have a lot of managers during their career. A colleague of mine had 13 managers in 4 years. Your experience at Amazon largely depends on your manager. If you have a bad manager, you will have have a bad expeience at Amazon. Poor managers do not give any feedback to their direct reports and emphasize face time over results. I know of many people whose manager actively blocked their transfer to another group. Going to HR also does not help as they will always take the side of the manager. Also, you should expect to work long hours at Amazon.

3.0
May 17, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The scale of the problems Amazon needs to solve are often unique. If you like large scale distributed systems you'll love working at Amazon. There's really very other places where you'll be able to have as much fun. Hours can sometimes be long, but well worth it.

Cons

Advancement is quick for the first couple of levels, but you can hit a proverbial wall once you get a more senior position.

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