Good pay but no work life balance - Software Engineer I Amazon Employee Review

2.0
May 21, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The pay, growth opportunities, get to learn a lot.

Cons

On an average everyone in the team works from 10 am to way past midnight, 7 days a week. I have known people working till 5am on certain days. People talk a lot about work life balance painfully oblivious to how toxic the work culture is. And you can't really blame a manger, the mechanisms and required LPs in every quarter, campaigns being tracked by different L8s ensure everyone is perpetually overworked.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Jan 10, 2016
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Pros

Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.

Cons

You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.

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