Amazon Senior Program Manager reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

30% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Senior Program Manager employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 955 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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955 reviews
3.0
Jul 21, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of responsibility and autonomy; opportunities to be involved in some very exciting projects and programs.

Cons

In order to last here longer than 2 years, you need to be comfortable with adopting a sycophantic approach to the company culture. Everyone gets along provided they pretend that the corporate culture is infallable and beyond reproach. Emperors new clothes. The more senior you become, the more you have to be seen to be enforcing the Amazon way, often resulting in senior managers sacrificing everything (including their teams) for their own careers. It's savage, unforgiving and just like the horror stories you hear (and I didn't even work in a "fulfilment centre" - aka tax dodging term for a warehouse.). I was expected to work at lest two time-zones, with the US teams have an incredibly blinkered view of the company (its mainly the USA right? every other country is just a little add-on that we don't need to think about). Great for your CV, but have an exit plan ready.

4.0
Jun 7, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1- There are COUNTLESS opportunities available to you. 2- Every Associate has exposure to diverse workforce in both skills and backgrounds. 3- Data/fact driven to make sure that decisions are logically justified and sound. 4- The company is growing like a weed with no signs of slowing down anytime soon!

Cons

1- While there are a lot of opportunities, there are also several more other eager and competitive candidates pursuing each and every one. It is very difficult to stand out amongst the competition. 3- While the doc culture surfaces some great insights and decisions, it requires an impractical amount of time to create a proper doc, limiting the available time to actually "get things done." 4- The company (intentionally or otherwise) encourages a competitive culture where every Associate needs to exceed their peers. It delivers great results, but also can generate burnout trying to "be better than everyone else." 5- Work/life balance management is a non-stop juggling act between deliverables, outshining peers, and trying not to burnout personal relationships outside of work. 6- The "total compensation" structure is not ideal ("great performance" yields no annual raise in lieu of stocks 3yrs from now and the growth of my previously awarded stocks impact my current reward?!)

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