Amazon Lab126 Hardware Design Engineer reviews

Everything gets decided on the VP level, but upper management struggles to communicate the options and risks and VPs fail to come to a decision in a timely manner. We are reactionary (to Google mostly) instead of innovative because we refuse to spend even a penny to benefit customers. We fly economy (or economy plus if you travel often) and there are 0 perks. No free lunch, no swag, no happy hours, no fun. Tight schedules mean people compromise on validation to get the design out faster, leading to more issues down the road when its too late to change them. Work life balance varies. Many people work through lunch, but direct managers are flexible with PTO and work from home.

Very cost driven, no room for innovation