Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,159 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 209,159 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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4.0
Oct 29, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Very good work, diverse work, nice peer group, small teams. work is very challenging and original. you get more responsibilities soon. nice growth opportunities are good for people who take up the challenges. still not yet in the indian mould, so there is not much difference from the seattle based teams and indian teams, which is good. the hiring bar is pretty high, so you work with a lot of brilliant people, which helps in shaping your career better. Compensation is pretty good compared to the industry average, and there is good recognition for good work. you feel like working in a startup.

Cons

the facilities are very mediocre and downright poor in some cases. the management does not mind cutting costs on the facilities provided, there is not much to refresh during work, the cafeteria is bad, poor phones, not many meeting rooms, no TT tables. some teams work on 24 by 7 support model which is very bad. some managers care only about the quantity of work and not quality. not much interaction between various teams like in seattle, the teams here keep to themselves. not much innovative ideas come from the indian team, inspite of having great talent, the management does not seem to be using them well.

5.0
Oct 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Small teams encourage start-up-like mentality and working environment. Compensation is top-notch. All teams are limited to some 8-9 people, which allows each person to assume a comprehensive role covering all aspects of software development. The job also gives very interesting technical challenges.

Cons

Lack of benefits, health plan is lacking, company is "cheap". Company seems unwilling to spend on equipment, perks, and other niceties to improve productivity.

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