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If you value your life, don't work at Amazon as an engineer

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
March 13, 2011
Seattle, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Lots of very smart people, stock's high. As a new grad, you will learn a lot of things very quickly.

Cons

As an engineer, you will work long hours and will likely be on call. It becomes impossible if you want to have a family life and advance in your career at Amazon.

Advice to Management

Make engineers' lives better, and you may win some engineers from Google or Facebook.

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