Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,338 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,338 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Jun 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Relatively good software development practices

Cons

Toronto office is a second-class citizen in Amazon world. The salary is lower than in Seattle and the work is less interesting. Working in a remote office means spending half of the day writing e-mails. You can get into a team in which you almost don't get to code and spend a lot of time with administration and maintenance. Amazon's frugality is sometimes ridiculous - you get the cheapest monitors, keyboards, etc, regardless of poor quality.

2.0
May 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Promote from within if that is your cup of tea. Compensation is average. This is something for people who just want the average corporate job.

Cons

Very high turnover rate, you will rarely meet people who have been with the company for 2+ years. Workplace feels cramped. They strive to be very "frugal" in terms of benefits for employees.

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