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3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,382 total reviews)
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57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,382 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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1.0
Aug 21, 2013
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Pros

Tbh I really cannot say much here, the 10% off was a pro.

Cons

Everything from the fatigued dull employees to the boring overstretch interview process, long hours, bad management I could continue for a while. This place really is just a 21st century sweat shop selling items from A to Z while we rip off the UK tax payer by withholding revenue. In closing if you want to go through a laborious interview process to work in a place where most of the time you are left to yourself with little interaction go for it. Well done Jeff in creating a zoo full of idiots while making billions in the process I salute the dull opportunities you created for us silly humans.

1.0
Aug 7, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great people that are smart and are capable of doing the position. Generous with relocation benefits. Very nice stock offerings. The first week of training you meet ~50 new managers and make some really good friends. Then 3 months later you attend "Planet of the Ops" and get to spend another fun week with the friends you made the first week.

Cons

Overall it was a regrettable experience and only served to make me regret leaving my previous job and appreciate what I had before. From the beginning I was lied to about what to expect and told things that enticed me to join them. I had hoped working there was a great as being a customer. After you get through their intensive interview process, you will feel like it is a great place to be and that it is everything that you wanted in a job. After they moved me and started at my sight, I realized I had made a mistake. That was only within the first 3 weeks of being there. Associates and mangers are treated as numbers. Your input is not regarded in any decisions and you must accept whatever senior management wants. If you are a leader that cares about the people that work for you, this is not the place to be. Everyone is treated as if they are disposable. During my time there, I saw approximately 30 managers leave from various levels. That equated to an almost 30-40% loss in management. With the losses, no one was replaced and the work volume was dumped on those that remained. When new managers are brought on they send them to a one week training at another facility with 50 other managers to prepare for your new job. The week there is great, but it truly does not prepare you for the madness that is to come. Every week they have 50 new managers in that training. What does that tell you that they can hire 50 new managers every week and continue to always have open positions? They will say it is all the opening of new FC's and constant promotion to higher levels, but the reality is attrition. I asked specifically during my interview and that is the response I got. So if you have read all of this, be careful what you wish for, being employed there is not as great as being a customer.

2.0
Nov 17, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Restricted Stock bonuses are very good (as long as the stock continues to appreciate.) Smart, highly motivated people -- similar to B-School. A wealth of opportunities.

Cons

The workday never ends - It was not uncommon to receive e-mails late into the night with requests to deliver something by the next morning. If it's a weekend, you're on vacation, maternity/paternity leave, Thanksgiving, etc. it doesn't matter. You're still expected to respond immediately. There is no respect for your personal life. The attitude is, 'why would our customers care about your personal life?' Inconsistent management - approx. half of the managers are very good; the other half were promoted too quickly and have no people management skills. Stifling micro-managers can deflate the morale of a group, but as long as they get results, they're viewed as a success. Unfortunately, this leads to high turnover rates and results in even worse work/life balance. I have an MBA from a top-5 school (as many of my co-workers did.) I would encourage MBAs to evaluate opportunities at Amazon vs. Consulting or Banking rather than corporate jobs because your tenure and work/life balance will be more comparable to the former rather than the latter.

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