Engineering is a Hot Mess - Do Not Recommend - Software Engineer Amplify Employee Review

2.0
Sep 10, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Some people genuinely care about making a difference in education, and those people were a pleasure to work with. I think the CEO is good, but idk what happened to the rest of them down the management chain.

Cons

This company is a hot mess. Once the kids started going back to school and moving away from remote learning after the pandemic, this company began to lose money and started scrambling—mass layoffs, reorganization, etc. Engineering was constantly talking about OKRs and shifting priorities every quarter. During the course of a year, I was on THREE different software development teams. THREE!!! On top of that, most teams are understaffed and have a few people doing the amount of work that several people should be doing. Pay is on the lower end of the market, and work-life balance is horrible. Most people on my team worked 8+ hour days and sometimes dealt with on-call pager rotations after work.

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Amplify Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share this review. At Amplify we work hard to help our employees maintain a healthy work-life balance, and we're sorry to hear about your experience. Your comments and concerns offer important insight as we continue to evolve as a company.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Multiple opportunities to learn and grow, flexible schedule, excellent, hard-working colleagues.

Cons

It's challenging to break into full-time employee status.

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Amplify Response
1w
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for your ongoing dedication to Amplify! We appreciate your feedback and have passed your review on to our management team.
2.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

There are some very dedicated, talented and well intentioned people who work there. For awhile it felt like the organization was building and doing great things. The salary felt fairly competitive with the industry standard.

Cons

Don't look too closely under the hood if you don't want to stop believing in the illusion. The product is no longer as strong as it once was, the PD and CS have gone way downhill, they care more about profit than people and they are no longer mission driven but success and money driven. They talk a good game, but many people there are ruthless so watch your back. They do a good job of making you feel like it's the best place to work and you are lucky to be there, for awhile, but when the blook is off the rose, watch out.

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Amplify Response
2d
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for the many years you spent at Amplify. Your perspective is important, and we’ve shared your review with leadership.
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