Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,487 total reviews)
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57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,487 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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2.0
Apr 6, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great brand recognition and smart employees. Good vacation, medical, dental, health benefits. Is dog friendly in most of the campus.

Cons

Poor management, non supportive, secretive. Retention problems, revolving door atmosphere. Extremely metrics driven. More, more, more recruiters is the "solution" for talent acquisition. So many that it becomes counter productive with candidate ownership issues and internal competition. No value given towards positive candidate experiences. Management tends to look for reasons to NOT hire. Too many obstacles in place towards making hires. No work/life balance. Tendency to down-level. Numbers-driven Agency mentality. Laughable "culture", crappy desks with no attention to ergonomics. Unethical leadership from top on down. Management kudos given to top brown-nosers. No shortage of Kool-aid for everyone!

1.0
Jun 24, 2008

Welcome to the Matrix

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

In the old days (1995-2002), the people who worked here were incredibly smart, talented, interesting, versatile. I have never worked with a smarter group. Ever. It was like being in an elite college--that level of intelligence, but in a work environment. Very fun and stimulating.

Cons

Treat employees like disposable batteries. They will use you up and find fresh batteries to replace you.

2.0
Apr 22, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It looks good on a resume. The visibility of the company may allow you to catch the eye of recruiters in the future.

Cons

The management is arrogant and unprofessional, the seem unqualified. There is such a strong emphasis put on the engineering side of the business, and none on the biz dev side. They do not understand what a sales person needs to be successful, if you are interviewing for a "sales" what they really want is a telemarketer.

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