Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) -1?

Software Development Engineer (SDE) -1 professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 458 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer (SDE) -1 Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer (SDE) -1 interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer (SDE) -1 employees well?

Software Development Engineer (SDE) -1 professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 458 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 12.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer (SDE) -1 salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

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What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19464 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13148 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7778 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keeps satisfying its employees with a good salary." ((in 5814 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4818 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10043 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7042 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6593 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5220 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2408 reviews))

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3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(458 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

38% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 458 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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458 reviews

2.0

Jul 3, 2023

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Sde 1

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Best pay 2. .

Cons

1. Worst culture 2. Worst work life balance

3.0

Jun 15, 2023

Good Opportunity

Sde 1

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people Opportunities to learn

Cons

Work life balance is very team dependent

4.0

May 29, 2023

Tiring

Software development engineer (sde) -1

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay was pretty decent.

Cons

Well, good pay comes with a price. Fairly large workload.

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