Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,421 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 209,421 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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209K reviews
4.0
Aug 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon.com employs some of the brightest technologists, shrewdest business people, and creative merchandisers. I am continually impressed with the caliber of Amazon employees. Most attended the premiere schools for their specialty and have work ed with a wide variety of top companies. Despite vast accomplishments, employees are very modest and rarely mention achievements or backgrounds. The culture is very egalitarian and casual. Without recognizing faces it is hard to differentiate the CFO and SVPs from low level managers. The company has zero tolerance with politics . The environment is very fast-paced and entrepreneurial.

Cons

The salary and benefits are not as high as some competitors and the company is very frugal and perks are limited. It is time consuming to be hired. Although many positions are open, teams move slowly to maintain a high hiring bar.

4.0
Jul 20, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon is a very innovative company with never a dull moment at work. Management greatly encourages new ideas/technology, given that you can get some free time off your operational load (see below). The company has some of the smartest people around and provides awesome learning and career growth opportunities. If you ever wonder what does it take to keep a large scale distributed system working where the customer never even realizes the machinery behind amazon.com, you need to come work at Amazon. Great place to work at, learn some new stuff and have fun while doing it. Amazon totally rocks!

Cons

Operational load messes up your regular development work. Be prepared to live with chaos.

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