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It is not the company I joined six years ago

QA Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 6 years
November 24, 2012
Seattle, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  1. Technology driven at the core
  2. Guaranteed to work on hard problems
  3. Get to impact the customer
  4. Really smart people
Cons
  1. Long, long, long work hours.
  2. Will impact your family life.
  3. QA field is still treated like second-class citizens.
  4. No long-term career prospects in the QA field.
  5. Has become too political, where who you know makes more difference in your career growth than what you do.
Advice to Management

Start looking into long-term career prospects for QAs at Amazon. They seem to be leaving in droves.

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