3.0
Oct 8, 2014
Great place to learn - horrible place to build a career
Current employee, more than 1 year
Seattle, WA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Lots of innovation and smart people. Great place to learn about many aspects of the business.
Cons
Preference is to hire managers externally vs. promoting from within. The incredibly difficult work-life balance takes high performing employees and burns them out until they have nothing left to give with little to no recognition or compensation. Promotions take a really long time and when transferring within teams there is very little chance to be promoted and starting all over again with a new manager within a lateral move, on a new team can take 1-2 years for promotion. Therefore, don't come to Amazon to build your career unless you're willing to put in a minimum of 3 years before being recognized.