Amazon Program Manager reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(2,262 total reviews)
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32% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Program Manager employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,262 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Sep 11, 2015

PM at Amazon

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Pros

Working with really smart, motivated people is amazing and that's exactly what you'll get here. You'll be challenged every day: going above and beyond is part of the norm here.

Cons

Wins are generally not celebrated enough, working hours can get long.

3.0
Sep 10, 2015

A mixed bag

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Pros

Smart people, ability to drive changes you think will benefit the customer, opportunity for career growth and great stock benefits.

Cons

Experience varies on department - some teams more innovated, some very reactive and bogged down. You will occasionally see someone promoted who is just the loudest person in the room.

3.0
Sep 6, 2015
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Pros

I was with Amazon for four years, in two unrelated roles. -Great opportunities for career advancement, but can be hard to find or learn about. -Fun, intelligent people to work with. -Challenging, but can be very interesting work. -I got to travel a lot, which was a blessing and a curse. -Many of my coworkers bakes my close friends. -It is easy to quickly develop a great network in the company, because there is so much internal movement. Also many people leave the company and go to other great places.

Cons

-Serious lack in great leadership, probably due to turn over. -Many people (especially senior leaders) come in with the expectation to leave in two years, so a lot of big initiatives are started in a hurry, with minimal planning or appropriate investment and then haphazardly completed or dropped once the senior leader has left the org or the company. -Flavor of the month changing priorities, so appropriate investment into a project is really hard to acquire. - A lot of young teams with only junior developers with little guidance on how to navigate 10+ year old software and outdated technologies. -Foresight is not an encouraged virtue, so a lot of teams end up with high operational loads, long ticket queues, and middle of the night emergency wake up calls.

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