Boring, dry corporate projects. Bad for UX pros - User Experience Designer Amazon Employee Review

2.0
Jul 29, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Dense problem sets Some intelligent colleagues Plenty of internal conferences to learn various tools and trades Fun campus events

Cons

Everyone’s idea of the role of UX is completely different. UX turns into UI design, making things pretty, design for “delight”, and copywriting. Boring corporate problem sets. Org leadership is out of touch with modern digital product development practices, out of touch business people leading “innovative” products. Beaurocracy gets in the way of innovation. Groggy management adds no value to team process or product strategy. Weak project management has everyone confused most of the time. I feel like I have literally gone backwards in my career path.

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Pros

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Cons

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