Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,825 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 209,825 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jun 2, 2014
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

The company leer you by offering above average pay for management level. Base pay is not above average but they do offer higher than normal signing bonus meant to keep you engaged for two years.

Cons

Overall, the worst place I have worked. They have a lot of good things on paper but the company does not care about it employees. Managers are not allowed vacation between October 01 and December 31. Because you cannot take vacation you accumulate many vacation days and if you try and take them you a made to feel like you are not a good employee. You literally are demoralized for using a vacation day. I am white male. The company will hire minorities but treat them as a slave labor force, including the managers. Minorities on all levels are treated poorly. In less than one year I have seen 11 managers get fired and 7 resign. Managers come and go. Do not leave your job for Amazon and do not be fooled buy the huge signing bonus and offer of RSU. You will regret taking the bonus because when you are either fired or resign you will be made to repay. Worst place to work. As soon as I complete my two years here as Operations Manager I am resigning.

2.0
Jan 1, 2014
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

You got to learn the best technology from them A lot of smart people inside the organization Huge office space, keep expanding and good to have its name on your CV Got free flow of beer in the office.

Cons

There is literally no work life balance inside this company. Your boss would send you last min notice and ask you to fill some funny report and get back to him in a few hours or so But it never works on the reverse, people here don't reply to your email unless they report to you The senior management here are as arrogant as you can imagine. Especially the most senior one in this office. everyone in the team is considered stupid and not good enough.

3.0
Aug 16, 2013
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon gives everyone a chance. They're a cheap employer (codeword: frugal), and treat their people like cogs in the machinery (no, really - codeword: fungible) but at least they haven't developed an elitist culture. On the contrary, they do promote from within - if you play by the rules you can really work your way up like in few other places, and that's great, but if you take that route you'll be paid less than your peers coming from the outside or if you climb the ladder too high, you'll be under enormous pressure to deliver and/or at a constant risk of downgrade during next performance review. Amazon is a place where scale happens and the law of large numbers applies; it's a big plus if you're into that sort of thing. There are good chances you'll find sharp people on your team, but if they're really good, they won't stay too long!

Cons

If you're worried that they'll overinvest in you, you can stop worrying now. There is zero-regard for wellbeing of employees and any solution to any problem must not involve spendings! One time a water-cooler was busted for weeks, and someone opened a ticket to complain about it. He heard "this is not Google" in response. They offer decent salary, but when you realize the expectation of unpaid afterhours that you have to put in not to fall behind, it hits you that you would've made more per hour as a pizzamaker. It's only when your manager starts keeping you occupied with paperpushing and busywork tasks, this is when you realize how deeply fulfilling becoming a pizzamaker would've been. While we're at it, micromanagement eats this place from within. Software devs are made to commit to unrealistic deadlines while executing the project exactly the way the czar wants it. But it can always be worse. Under a mercenary manager, micromanagement will be the least of your worries. Try to come up with ideas they don't like and you must produce data to support your case. When you put it together, they'll make a straw man out of your data and set it on fire right in front of you. Of course, the same data-driven diligence does not apply the other way. Those who won't comply and won't become obedient YES-men don't have a bright future ahead. I've watched a colleague being bullied out of the job. It's really sad that company's culture is a breeding ground for such managers and that, at the end of the day, they are perceived as successful.

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