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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,853 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      50% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

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      Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,853 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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      210K reviews
      2.0
      Nov 2, 2014

      No reason to come to work here

      Retail business
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If you negotiate well, they'll throw money at you to bring in you in. Cause their reputation is so bad no one wants to come here. You'll see how's being in pressure cooker and how to survive if you're amongst sharks ready to bite you every single day. People come to work with a mental sword and shield to survive everyday. Company is full of internationals so you'll get diversity, poor guys come here with the carrot of immigration support and then are exploited, hope the department of labor reads this. If they were no tied with visa 80% of internationals I know would have left yesterday.

      Cons

      Just search for Amazon work culture and read the first 10 links. The mantra in this company (at least in the Retail, Marketplace and AWS business) is to exploit resources as much as possible, crack whip and treat them like slaves, so either they learn the amazon way of throwing people under the bus and survive by managing up or just leave. People Managers are incentivized if they crack whip and get work done not by motivating. If you are type A, love playing the blame game and insensitive animal, perfect place for you

      1.0
      Sep 25, 2014

      You Will Regret Accepting Their Offer

      Human resources associate
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      by far, the best pro is market leading pay. In every segment of their employee population, from fulfillment center employees to corporate drones, they have strong compensation practices...this tops off with you get to the executive level but everywhere, you will do well financially. In their corporate offices, they also have a casual work environment and you will definitely work with smart people.

      Cons

      Pretty much everything else is negative. You will be asked to do the job of three people (at this point, the fat paycheck starts looking paltry compared to the hours you'll work) and the reward at amazon for doing a job well is just more work. people are promoted so quickly into management that there's no training and plenty of people are promoted who lack any management skill whatsoever. the company is also growing at a crazy pace. This can be exciting - it's fun to work somewhere that's in the news and is dynamic but it also puts extraordinary pressure on employees. Don't read these reviews and think that it will be different for you because you're smarter or work harder or faster. Amazon hires smart people who work at a frantic pace and the only reward for hard work is more hard work. The only people who will thrive in this type of environment are people able to draw incredibly firm boundaries between the personal and professional lives...or people who don't have a personal life!

      5.0
      Apr 25, 2014

      Amazon Web Services and Work Life Balance

      Software development manager iii
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon Web Services is one of the best places in the industry to challenges your technical skills and grow as a software development engineers. AWS has an amazingly talented set of senior engineers who provide quality mentoring. Despite what old reviews might say, you can, in fact have work life balance at Amazon. I have two children under the age of 5, my spouse works, and we have a life. Moreover, Amazonians are there to help you learn how to find that balance.

      Cons

      If you are used to being the best, you won't be at AWS because many of the best of the best are there. Some people thrive this environment as they love learning from their peers. Others finding it too intimidating.

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