Amazon Software Development Manager reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(486 total reviews)
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26% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Manager Software Development employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 486 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Manager Software Development professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Manager Software Development professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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486 reviews
4.0
Jul 17, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work with very smart people on interesting software projects at the largest scale which involves challenging problems often requiring inventing new techniques and technologies to solve them.

Cons

Their culture of growing to the next level is to prove you're able to get more stuff done quicker which leads to overburn.

5.0
Jan 28, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Rapid professional growth if you are upto some hard work. - Development of business accumen as a side benefit - Good senior leadership

Cons

- Young dev team - they need a lot of mentoring - Above average attrition to Seattle - High work load

3.0
Dec 27, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon has the smartest and most passionate people you will ever work with. The scale and type of problems to be solved are unlike anything anywhere in the world and will give you an incredible experience that can be used anywhere else.

Cons

Most of the managers at Amazon are great, but some of them - especially those thrust into the role - lack empathy and often expect far too much of people. Make sure during your interview, you understand how the manager operates. A great manager will mean an amazing experience.

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