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Good only for a head start

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 2 years
April 12, 2016
1.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  1. You get to learn a lot when you are a new grad.
  2. Brand name.
Cons

Horrendous pay.

Simply no perks. Employees don't even get discounts. (Employees in certain regions do, but it's limited to $100 a year).

Employees are treated as "employees".

No life apart from work.

Benefits mentioned in salary are taken out from your paycheck.

Cheap company. I reiterate, they are cheap, not frugal!

Performance ratings given on whims of manager. No proper structure or objectivity.

Extremely horrible stock vesting period.

HRs catch up on people-related matters just for the sake of it. They don't follow up on problems raised by employees.

The performance rating you receive and the salary increment is extremely dependent upon the amount of money your team has.

Company works with 50% of the workforce. That is, when they know they need 10 people, they will only hire 5 and make them do all the work. (Could be specific to my team).

Advice to Management
  1. Better to take care of the people at the low level as well, since they constitute your main workforce.
  2. Make salaries competitive for everyone instead of filling your own pockets.
  3. Stop being cheap over everything, literally everything.
  4. Make performance reviews a structured process.
  5. Increment percentages should have a minimum, at least.
  6. Try to understand the employees' problems.

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