Amazon reviews

All the negative things you hear about Amazon are true: high turn over, tenure is 1 year, work crazy hours, NO work-life balance, no cool benefits like company swag or free food, no appreciation for employees. It's so easy to get burnt out here and they don't care about the employee. They know that if you leave, they will easily find someone else to replace you/someone who wants to work at Amazon.

--> Work Life Balance - you will work hard and long at Amazon but you will grow. This is the sole reason I would not encourage a friend to come here. --> Comp Structure - stock is compensation. It is not utilized to incentivize people to stay longer term. If the stock value increases, so does your compensation and it can affect your ability to gain more stock come review time. --> Politics - though Amazon is not as political as many other large companies, it is political. Particularly when it comes to... --> Promotions - often based on favoritism and they are political. --> Lack of perks and weak benefits package (for a top tech company) - we struggle to compete with other large tech company benefit & perks packages. We pay for parking, there are no freebies, and there are a lot of things that are just not offered (tuition reimbursement, paid paternity leave, etc). --> Limited guidance - Amazon is a very sink or swim culture. You own all of your own learning and will not have much guidance, even as a new person. --> Up or out - if you are not growing and taking on more, you will be managed out. --> Pace - gets exhausting at times, it's hard to sustain and many people burn out.