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Through the meat-grinder

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
March 6, 2012
Seattle, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendApproves of CEO
Pros

The company has some amazing engineers and a few good development managers.

They'll provide nice new Macs for work as well.

Cons

It's impossible to advance with the limited number of grade levels; senior management really doesn't want people to be promoted to any of them. There's very high turnover of SDEs. Give serious consideration to not working here if you are mid-career.

Advice to Management

Be honest that you only want mercenaries. If you set this expectation early, people won't expect to be able to grow their careers and won't leave so quickly.

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