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Very intelligent, bright, and friendly people to work with. Absolute lack of process, no direction, chaotic

QA Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
May 9, 2012
Seattle, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  1. Very smart people
  2. Friendly environment for the most part
  3. Very heavy on technology and services
Cons
  1. No process, no direction.

  2. Features will get dumped on you in the very last minute.

  3. Management does not seem to care about how much pain and craziness the individual contributors are going through.

  4. Deadlines almost never change.

  5. I have not come across one single Amazonian who is not overworked or has not complained.

  6. You are expected to check and respond to your emails, even on weekends and long weekends.

Advice to Management
  1. Please give importance to work-life balance.

  2. Introduce processes that work, and don't just talk about them.

  3. Understand that there are a few things individual contributors will not be able to change without higher management help. So, please do not say, "You take care of it, I will back you up." It does not carry as much weight when we say it, and it gets lost, leading to a lot of frustration and eventual attrition.

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