Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,456 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 209,456 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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209K reviews
3.0
Dec 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free Fast-paced Friendly co-workers Easy jobs Safe environment Good facilities Good spirit of customers service

Cons

Few communication Cold work place in Winter Bad sign-up system

3.0
Sep 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable hours, overtime usually available, casual dress, fast paced work within an informal enviorment, stock options after two years, 3K toward associate or certification program.

Cons

High employee turn over, pay max out at 14.50 for Tier 1 and 18.00 per hour for Tier 3. After Tier 3 salary for Tier 4 and above is competitive. In theory high emphasis on quality and productivity. In practice low emphasis quality and nearly sole emphasis on productivity.

2.0
May 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You will learn. A lot. This company has some of the most challenging, most exciting, most technologically engaging problems I have ever had to solve, and I learned an amazing amount in the time I was there. You will find something in their culture to value. The principles of leadership are impressive, and the way they interplay with each other actually informs how the company operates.

Cons

Your employment will be a blessing or a condemnation depending almost entirely on the team for which you work. I was in Builder Tools on the deployment engine team, and in two-and-a-half years my life was hell. I was forever understaffed, overworked, and unsupported. My manager provided no coaching, no guidance, and no support except on performance "reviews" which were almost entirely full of new information. He was forced out of management, but not before ruining my chances of keeping my job. When I brought the matter up to HR and said I was being unfairly treated, their direct answer was, and I quote, "if we did something about this, we'd set a precedent of letting employees dispute their reviews, and then we couldn't manage." After that, I had no interest in fighting for my job, since it was clear the company had no interest in fighting for me.

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