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Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 6 years
July 2, 2020
Toronto, Ontario
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  • Team-level autonomy and accountability.
  • Always learning.
  • Strong performers everywhere in the company.
  • Rational decision-making process.
  • Once you have proven yourself, there are many different areas to work in within Amazon.
  • A fast-growing company provides many opportunities.
Cons
  • Risk of having a bad "first-time" manager.
  • Some teams own a lot of technical debt.
  • On-call rotation can cause bad work-life balance.
Advice to Management

Watch first-time managers and make sure they do not have a bad impact on their team members.

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