Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(954 total reviews)
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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 954 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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954 reviews
2.0
May 9, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Getting into Amazon is like a dream come true. Exposure to other technologies.

Cons

You will become utterly burnt out. They add responsibility to you. Expect to be back stabbed by your colleagues and managers alike. Amazon will take you for every drop of blood you have. If management do not like you they will block your career path and make up every excuse not to move you forward. They are customer centric not employee centric. You are replaceable and their false security that they can keep replacing employees with new ones will make your head spin and demoralise you . Its a battery chicken farm. Expect to work over every public holiday. Christmas and Easter included with no thanks whatsoever. Managers do take these holidays though.

1.0
May 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

working at amazon is better than starving in the rain fighting hobos and pigeon for cold bowls of bird soup. working at Amazon is better than watching infomercials.

Cons

Amazon thinks way to highly of themselves. They sell doo-dads over the internet. Amazon does not value people. Google the gawker article on "amazons bizarre corporate culture. If you are a talented young engineer, DO NOT WORK FOR AMAZON. GO ANYWHERE else.

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