Is Amazon a good company to work for as a System Engineer?

System Engineer professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.7 out of 5 stars in 132 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open System Engineer Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked System Engineer interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay System Engineer employees well?

System Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 132 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about System Engineer salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11120) , Warehouse Worker (6916) , Associate (6212) , Software Engineer (6177) , Area Manager (5708) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3521) , Fulfillment Associate (3411) , Software Development Engineer (3184) , Customer Service Representative (3047) , Program Manager (2482) , Operations Manager (2299) , Customer Service Associate (2219) , Sortation Associate (1868) , Manager (1456) , Process Assistant (1422)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

""Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated"" ((in 19452 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13364 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7782 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5798 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4886 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10111 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7077 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6677 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5232 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2424 reviews))

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Amazon System Engineer reviews

3.7

73% would recommend to a friend

(132 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

55% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

System Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 132 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most System Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by System Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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132 reviews

3.0

Jul 16, 2017

Not the greatest place to be a Systems Engineer

Systems engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some really smart people there that will push you to be better.

Cons

In infrastructure there is no work/life balance. Even with overseas teams taking the nights, on call load was too much, maybe one truly free weekend per month. Management kept promising fixes to this while doing nothing about it.

5.0

Apr 17, 2017

Systems Engineer

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The best place to work at. Supportive managers and Friendly Team.

Cons

No Cons as I know

3.0

Mar 20, 2017

Good. Can be overwhelming.

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You will be working on projects that support or challenge other industry giants. Most of the people I meet are interesting, intelligent and kind. There are many development opportunities for improving service offerings, infrastructure and tooling in an organization as diverse as this one. There is so much to learn here. Internal tech talks are frequent and informative. Most managers I have observed have been clear about expectations. Mine have appeared to be honorable, concerned for my development as an engineer and my well being as a human. Recent (early 2017) efforts to help identify and remedy work/life balance issues are relevant and effective.

Cons

Amazon is an orchestrated chaos with deep internal culture. It is not that this is bad or insurmountable but for most it requires about nine months to become acclimatized. As in many places employees must be aware of their need for life balance and can easily burn out. The Seattle housing market is not sane. Childcare costs are staggering.

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