Three years I'll never get back - and no I haven't been fired, I just wanna leave.. - Not Worth the Risk Revealing What I Do, They'll BE After Me! Amazon Employee Review

2.0
Jan 31, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Package WITH CAVEATS: The stock is pretty decent for the first couple of years, then it overperforms and you're like totally screwed ("it's not our fault we did so well" cry the fat cats) Some people are really decent and they try super hard.

Cons

The tech is substandard, I mean it's hard sometimes to just get the basics done without raising ticket after ticket The processes are ludicrous (and - worse - inefficient) Complete diregard for people's lives - work and social (most of us are pretty young, we need to live a little outside of work - I see little of the 'work hard' ethic) The salary is poor for such an expensive, dreary place to live

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