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      Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

      3.5

      54% would recommend to a friend

      (3,327 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      37% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.9

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Work/Life balance

      2.7

      Senior management

      Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,327 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      3K reviews
      2.0
      Mar 22, 2013

      Not a company to work for long term

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary is probably on the high side compared to other hi-tech companies for the equivalent positions, though no where near compared to Google or Facebook. Company outlook looks good.

      Cons

      Work/life balance is probably the worst for SDE's in the hi-tech industry. Oncall experience can be really bad and you have to work at nights but yet the manager stills expects you to work next day during day time. Work is fast-paced and majority of projects are short-term thinking. They just want to lure the customers in and worry about the rest later. Health insurance benefits is on the bad side compared to other hi-tech companies. The signing stocks grant may be attractive but don't expect the same after 4 years. Basically you should look for jobs elsewhere after 4 years unless you perform on the top 10% compared against peers. I have unfortunately worked for some mean managers who clearly indicated that you have to work overtime on a regular basis to get work done, no matter how unreasonable the schedule is. The commute becomes bad now since they moved to SLU campus.

      3.0
      Mar 17, 2013

      Fine company

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fast moving, aggressive road map and interesting projects

      Cons

      workload is high, compensation is no longer very competitive

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