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Great customer experience, but give some of it to employees too

Applications Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
December 26, 2008
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
4.0
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Pros

Great projects - lots of great projects that are really pioneering.

Smart people - it hires loads of smart people. It's a great experience to hang around.

Good package.

Great benefits.

Management is really focused on customers, and it's a great feeling to be sincere to customers.

Strong mentoring - there is a strong mentoring focus, and each new employee can optionally team with an experienced guy to learn new things.

Cons

Hectic work.

Have to support applications even in the middle of the night – can be really annoying.

Micromanagement.

Most managers are not very clear about the feedback to the team members.

Advice to Management

Focus on employees too!

Don't micromanage!

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