Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,640 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 209,640 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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4.0
Feb 7, 2013

Great place to gain varied experience

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Pros

- High Hiring Bar - Your career is your responsibility - Gain a lot of experience in a short time - Autonomy is readily granted (just keep on track with your annual goals) - Great place for recent graduates to start careers

Cons

- Need to wear a lot of hats - Review process is short and intense - Some managers have little time to advise career development - High pressure environment with long hours expected (work-life balance can be difficult) Not a con, more of a note of advice: One needs to keep skills and qualifications on par or above the current hiring bar. Even with hard work and dedication, one can become no longer be qualified for the current job easily. Keep note of the qualifications of new colleagues and strive to equal them.

4.0
Feb 4, 2013

A great company to work for

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Pros

1. Very positive working environment for engineers; coworkers help each other out. 2. Be able to work on cutting edge technologies in Amazon. 3. Amazon got a great leader, Jeff Bazos, who is very smart and has made many right decisions. 4. Amazon dominates the e-retail business. 5. Amazon Web Services (AWS) are doing really well in the cloud computing market.

Cons

1. Operational tasks take a lot of time, as a result fewer time can be spent on actual development. 2. Oncall overheads in some teams are crazy and oncall can be paged many times. 3. Employee benefit is not that good.

4.0
Feb 4, 2013

Satisfied

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Pros

Good pay Decent people Once peak was over, everything became simple

Cons

The security agents are pretty rude. During peal time, the long hours can have a negative affect on your life Be sure to invest in some insoles for your shoes, you will regret it if you don't.

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