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3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(151 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

50% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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4.0
Apr 12, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salary within the indusrty

Cons

Working from home policy and opacity in many decisions

1.0
Apr 4, 2024

Day 2 company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people. Nice environment. You are working for a major tech player.

Cons

Since Jassy took over as CEO Amazon has been on downhill. As you are more senior, more of your salary is based in stock. Employees take all the risk whilst Amazon takes none: If the stock goes down as it did in 22 and 23 you get no compensation. If the stock goes well as it did in 2024, they won’t increase your base salary (this happened for the first time ever) On top of that, they used to grant you stock for the next 2 years, now is only for 1 year. Add layovers, hiring freeze, limited AI innovation in Retail and Alexa, ridiculous return to office policy, no L7-8 opportunities, and no wonder most of my team has started to move to other tech companies. Either Amazon changes fast or is destined to be a Day 2 company.

3.0
Mar 20, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big tech company, nice benefits, good salary. Good company to start off your career in tech and then move to something else more fun and with better work-life balance.

Cons

Too many proceses, too much structure, and its a hard culture. You may or may not fit from the beginning.

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