Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,319 total reviews)
avatar

Andrew Jassy

50% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,319 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).

Reviews by job title

209K reviews
1.0
Apr 10, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay was most definitely a plus especially in this hard of times. The only other thing that was at all positive were the people that worked there.

Cons

I normally never write reviews for anything, especially jobs, but this is required. Amazon does not care about any individual employee, they act like they do to your face, until all of a sudden 30 people are all 'terminated' at once, for no reason whatsoever. People who had worked there for 15 years sometimes longer and some who started from the ground up with them and worked there for a year to three years. They just let you go with no word or explanation, they are outsourcing all of their jobs, so why did they need to build a new building? Because they are selfish. I refuse to even buy anything from the site anymore because of how I was treated as an employee and after I was treated after I was 'terminated'. They do not deserve the praise that they get, and they sure do not deserve the business they get. From working behind the scenes I know, without a shadow of a doubt that they do everything for themselves and nothing for the customer. Customer's were so unhappy about things but they just did not care, and still don't. Everyone currently working there or thinking about working there need to watch out, they are next, for no reason at all they will be left without a job, with bills to pay for and no money. Run far far away from Amazon!!!

1.0
Mar 9, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon offers cutting edge technology, successful online retail, beautiful campus on South Lake Union in Seattle, and company name recognition.

Cons

Door desks, aversion to business and process standards, internal politics, pager duty, micro-management from the executive level, expensive parking, stingy benefits especially when compared to the industry, stock accounts with sub-standard brokerage house.

1.0
Nov 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pros For someone leaving the Military, Amazon was a good place to go. They aggressively recruit and find new talent. It made finding my job here very easy. The base salary is a good wage and if you plan on sticking around, the stocks and bonuses are very good. The company does grow every year so there are new opportunities elsewhere in the company if you are willing to move.

Cons

Cons There is a revolving door for both managers and hourly associates. The leadership structure is extraordinarily flat, leaving almost no room for promotion for the hourly associates. As for managers, a lot of their aggressive recruiting currently is focused almost entirely on MBA students who enter at the base management level and then get auto-promoted on a semi regular basis. This is as long as they don't screw anything up too bad. The 401K plan is terrible. It matches 1/2% up to 4% (in other words you put up 4% and get only 2% match). You are only vested in the plan after 3 years which is longer than the average young professional stays at a single job. When the annual review comes around and compensation is increased, it is always at the cost of another pay. So if you get more base pay, you get less in bonus or stocks and vice versa. The only way to make more then what you are currently making is to get promoted. As somebody on this site already mentioned, the only way for this to happen is to work so much and long that senior management feels sorry for you. The company also somehow manages to mess up the ramp up to the holiday season every year. Even though we have multiple planning meetings before and after peak, we are not able to staff correctly. It is mostly due to the companies unwillingness to have one extra employee rather than be short by 10. This leads to managers and associates alike getting burnt out during peak.

Viewing 217 - 219 of 209,319 Reviews

Glassdoor has 250,717 Amazon reviews submitted anonymously by Amazon employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Amazon is right for you.