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      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (209,539 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      50% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Senior management

      Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,539 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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      210K reviews
      3.0
      Aug 19, 2015

      Beware of the churn and burn!

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get to meet the super smart people around bubbling with ideas and excitement. No other place with such customer obsession in true sense.

      Cons

      People churn and burn out of team or org at a lightning pace. One day, you would be discussing the opportunities with a smart employee, next day you would know they left last evening! Disturbing politics@work. Managers can be really mean and screw your dream to last long. Not all are lucky. Some end up in really bad teams and can have a nightmare of a work life!

      1.0
      Aug 17, 2015

      Work/Life Balance=100% Work

      Senior product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Really smart and dedicated people. You will learn quickly how to craft your ideas and explain them to others. You will be challenged.

      Cons

      Expect to invest 100% of yourself into this job. There is no time for anything else. I enjoyed my work here, but burned out after about a year and a half. I worked nights, weekends, whatever was "necessary". If you haven't read the New york Times article "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace" read it. I lived this everyday. I left on good terms and have been asked to come back several times, but have declined after talking with current employees and seeing that the conditions have not changed from when I was an employee. Additional notes: Decisions never get made on time by management. Everything is micromanaged.

      2.0
      Aug 13, 2015

      Mixed feelings

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company to learn. It's a very fast paced organization with great growth opportunities. People are genuinely smart. Innovation everywhere and truly cares about the customer. Pay is great and very generous stock grants.

      Cons

      With the explosive growth Amazon has seen, they have promoted too many people who are smart and great individual contributors into management roles. Most managers don't actually know how to lead. Unfortunately, this will continue to get worse as Amazon expands into new areas. Starting at the top, senior managers lead by being dicks.

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