Great company, but watch out for wages if you’re not from the US - Principal Engineer Amazon Employee Review

3.0
Aug 5, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Huge customer focus, exciting and challenging problems to solve, surrounded by brilliant people. Very fast-paced work culture.

Cons

If you’re in a remote office chances are that you will have US employees transferring to your site and making 4-5X your salary for doing the same level of work. This is because non-US salaries are really low and the way to compensate these US individuals is to pay them their home salary, leaving the rest with a poor local one.

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.

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