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Interesting Projects, Toxic Management

QA Engineer II
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
March 22, 2012
Seattle, Washington
1.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Fast-paced, work on interesting and complex projects. The computers and equipment were newer. Free Happy Hour on Fridays.

Cons

Managers are disrespectful. Yelling seems to be acceptable behavior. There are no clear goals to be measured against. People from other departments are hostile and don't want to work with other departments for the common good. The yelling from the manager killed off all seven contractors. The lead developer would yell over the slightest issue. It was later discovered he was fired from his previous job because he couldn't get along with anyone.

Advice to Management

Get managers with some social skills. Yelling is not going to get you heard. Communicate changes in a respectable manner.

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