Brutal load, but very agile. - SDE2 Amazon Employee Review

3.0
22 June 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Frugality. You will know exactly how much revenue your team is making and how much you are spending and learn to optimize it. You will own products and systems and feel like you are involved in projects that have several times more engineers in competing companies. Compensation is good. People are smart. Development is as agile as Java stack allows. Management is very technical.

Cons

Frugality. From the desks that were previously doors to displays that will hurt your eyes to laptops that are not much more than bricks. Brutal workload. You will always be behind on all projects, no matter how good you are. Shifting requirements. Anything you need to do may change tomorrow. Zero positive reinforcement. Again, no matter how good you are, you are always behind and management will make sure you will know that.

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5.0
8 June 2026
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Pros

The food, people, and location where I interned were amazing.

Cons

Work seemed to stall many times, with much of my progress not being able to advance past certain points due to waiting on higher ups.

5.0
10 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.

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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