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Good pay and growth opportunities, but high pressure environment

Front End Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 2 years
April 21, 2026
Bellevue, WA
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  • Large professional growth opportunity.
  • High initial pay with sign-on bonus.
  • Good health insurance.
  • Useful internal educational modules and video database you can use to learn.
Cons
  • Fast-paced, highly demanding environment.
  • High-pressure deadlines.
  • Lots of overtime.
  • Stacked-ranked review system designed to rarely give out performance bonuses and limit the number of promotions.
  • Pressure to use AI to do the work of four to five engineers without safety guardrails.
  • When leadership decides to focus on a campaign, they will throw every resource at it at the sacrifice of quality for all other aspects of the service.
  • Pay decreases dramatically after the sign-on bonus ends, and there is very unlikely a yearly performance bonus to make up for it.
  • Frequent mass layoffs.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
1.0

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