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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,383 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      50% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Senior management

      Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,383 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
      2.0
      Jan 25, 2009

      Work-Life balance = 0

      Vendor manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Compensation. They pay well and its looks great on your resume. But they dont pay overtime and EVERY person works 55-60 hour weeks at Amazon. They get their money's worth.

      Cons

      NO work life balance. Too stressful and one person does the work of 6 people. Most managers have not undergone any kind of training and just happen to be manager because they have been working there for a few years. They do not know how to manage people and their employees. Al they ever do is point out the negative things and never encourage and say go job for anything to anyone.

      2.0
      Jan 25, 2009

      A factory job for software developers. Tops down management at its best.

      Software development manager iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good opportunity to learn about eBusiness at a large scale. Innovation does happen at Amazon. One can move around within the company and gain exposure to various aspects of the business. Compensation is pretty good but not if you consider the benefits and time demands.

      Cons

      Culture of micromanagement - very little trust or delegation of ownership. Management is encouraged to drill into every detail and required to defend every decision at every level. Metrics driven customer focus does not take the employee into consideration. There is no work-life balance at this company. Management applies manufacturing discipline to all aspects of the business. So if you want to feel like a factory worker while writing software, this is the place for you. Very little time off. If your salary looks good, make sure you consider the benefits too. Poor 401K matching, poor time off, poor holidays, etc.

      4.0
      Jan 23, 2009

      Hard work will pay off.

      Financial analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The best reason to work at Amazon is that it gives you the ability to control your own destiny. If you are assertive and hard working then you will go places, just keep up the hard work and people will notice.

      Cons

      There are some issues with work-life balance for some employees. Although hard work does speak loudly, there is a level of politics that still goes on that is distracting, demoralizing and old school business.

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