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If you care about your personal/social life, stay away

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
May 15, 2013
Dublin, Leinster
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

After working here, you won't find it hard to work anywhere else. Twelve hours a day would look normal to you. A perfect place for workaholics.

Cons

Mercenary managers.

Estimates become commitments.

Self-imposed unreasonable deadlines.

Death marches towards those deadlines.

Lack of integrity. Being honest about the scope of work can hurt you, under the pretext that you don't show bias for action.

Whatever you do is not enough. You have to believe there is room for delivering more and work extra hours to deliver more.

Your work day doesn't end when you leave the office. It spans over your evenings and weekends—until you leave the company.

Advice to Management

Spend at least 2% of the hiring effort in keeping existing people happy.

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