Amazon reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(209,608 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

50% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Amazon has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 209,608 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
Feb 4, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Overall comp can be better than a law firm, depending on how stock performs. Casual dress policy. Bring dogs to office. Colleagues tend to be young and fun. Opportunity to work very closely with business and on several non-legal issues, and with very senior members of leadership.

Cons

Lots of managers who shouldn't be managers - lack empathy and are generally bullies. Comp seems to top out 3rd and 4th year, with a significant dip during 5th year, even if you get promoted. Asked and expected to perform a lot of duties outside of the reasonable scope of an attorney. Major lack of diversity in leadership, both persons of color and women. Forced stack ranking. Very few people last longer than 3-4 years, unsustainable to maintain a long term career.

1.0
Sep 22, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

AMZN is led by the most brilliant CEO imaginable. Compensation is above market. Opportunity to work with smart, hardworking professionals. High bar was used to make hiring decisions in year's past.

Cons

HR for HR is non-existent and extremely political. An employee's success (or failure) is dictated solely upon the manager's subjective opinion vs. deliverables. Unfair employment practices do exist in pockets of the company.

1.0
Aug 9, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is better than most companies.

Cons

Worse work life balance I have ever seen. Abusive management which wants everything next day. Immense work pressure. Rude team mates

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