Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,268 total reviews)
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42% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,268 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Mar 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They're close to public transit and restaurants. They have great name recognition

Cons

The pay is pretty low. Hours are long and you're not given the recognition that you've done something amazing. Amazon feels a lot like a retail store. High turn over low morale

4.0
Feb 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A good place to learn cloud computing and distributed systems. You can learn a lot from your peers.

Cons

Terrible work-life-balance. No one likes on call. Seattle always rains.

4.0
Feb 10, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good working envirnment and life balance

Cons

bad work hours and pressure

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