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 19439 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13258 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7712 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5748 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4908 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 10117 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7053 reviews)); "Their management is poor and has many problems that you may have never seen before." ((in 6667 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5201 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2410 reviews))

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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

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

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132 reviews

4.0

Jan 24, 2016

System engineer

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Pros

Good Work Life.. You are surrounded by some of the smartest engineers in the world, so you learn a lot..

Cons

Work pressure.. Work life balance was sometimes out of whack..

4.0

Oct 11, 2015

Eat at Amazon

Systems engineer

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Pros

The gave us lots of free food. All around, a good place to work.

Cons

Cramped work space sometimes and left me covered in dust.

3.0

Sep 19, 2015

Mixed Feelings

Systems engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

- You learn a lot - Several opportunities to work with different people and teams - Smart co-workers - Fast-paced

Cons

- Burns people very quickly - Performance review process is often controversial - Severe on-call rotation - Long unpaid overtime hours - Heavily into politics, like any other big company - Cheap

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