4.0
27 Apr 2013
Current employee, more than 3 years
Seattle, WA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Amazon promotes leadership skills to every job type and level. It sets clear guidelines as to what is expected out of one's job role to become a good leader. Amazon values its culture fit and put a lot of efforts in hiring people who resonates with these leadership principles. Goal setting is pretty aggressive and pushes people to their limit to achieve that goal. For a young software engineer Amazon has all that is needed to grow in the industry and excel in her career.
Cons
Work-Life balance couldn't be maintained all the time since Goals are aggressive. It is in the philosophy to have stretched Goals (and not easy goals) so everybody is under more or less stress. One has to handle this stress in order to survive in Amazon.