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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,456 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 209,456 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      209K reviews
      2.0
      Nov 18, 2008

      Don't bother unless you are desperate to bolster your CV

      Senior marketing manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good for CV reputation and professional learnings esp data analytics

      Cons

      treat staff like idiots - 'frugal' is the word they use, in fact it is more like cutting corners. People get demotivated and leave making more work for those left behind. Senior management take pride in their buollshit macho aggression. Thisck skin needed.

      3.0
      Nov 16, 2008

      A great place to bootstrap your engineering career, but don't stay too long

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very strong IT engineering, lots of extremely smart people, plenty to learn, interesting tech challenges. Minimal formalism, engineers often have direct contacts with their business customers. Generally, there is very little balance, practically everybody I've met in different parts of organization were true professionals.

      Cons

      Lack of formal testing organization. Production support is performed by developers (pager rotation), you'll often get paged in the middle of the night just to find out that something broke somewhere having nothing to do with what you are supporting and people have no clue whom to page. Engineers don't last long (many leave in 1-2 years), turnover is pretty high. Benefits are rather mediocre for a large company.

      3.0
      Nov 16, 2008

      amazon.com slow and steady

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Would have been a great career opportunity for advancement, however we are all aware of the great crash of 2008 and the impact this is having on consumers. Hence this is a tough year to be in retail and a time when most management are fearful of making investments. However, this could also be a time of great opportunity for visionary leaders who are willing and able to invest with an eye on the future. How will American consumers buy post this crash, online of course! Hence Amazon needs to position herself to lead in this future. In fact, feel responsible for driving, creating and innovating to bring this future to past. Other positives, great location, awesome discount on website products and opportunity to learn about retailing

      Cons

      Not a technology company and doesn't invest like one. Given the current opportunity post recession, Amazon is in a strong place financial cash flow wise, to make investments in technology today that will bring leadership tomorrow. Of course, this is not throwing money at any project but to search for the key ones to invest in and require deep thinking while requiring the frugality in execution that is in the company's DNA.

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