Is Amazon a good company to work for as a System Engineer?

System Engineer professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.7 out of 5 stars in 131 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open System Engineer Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked System Engineer interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay System Engineer employees well?

System Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 131 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about System Engineer salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11106) , Warehouse Worker (6905) , Associate (6205) , Software Engineer (6140) , Area Manager (5682) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3502) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3171) , Customer Service Representative (3042) , Program Manager (2475) , Operations Manager (2291) , Customer Service Associate (2215) , Sortation Associate (1864) , Manager (1454) , Process Assistant (1421)

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 19311 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13173 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7766 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5825 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4871 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 10100 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7030 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6629 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5177 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2439 reviews))

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Amazon System Engineer reviews

3.7

73% would recommend to a friend

(131 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

55% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

Systems Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 131 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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131 reviews

3.0

Feb 24, 2022

Good

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits and interesting projects

Cons

Pace is fast and challenging

5.0

Jan 30, 2022

Great place to work

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good benefits. Management is exceptionally dedicated to the team. Colleagues are strong and an extremely helpful in getting you onboarded. Tech is very strong overall. There is plenty of work to do, but it is typically rewarding.

Cons

No significant cons as of yet.

4.0

Jan 18, 2022

Hmmm

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Benefits over other companies

Cons

terrible work/life for this company

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