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Software Development Engineer I Intern
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for 1 year
February 24, 2015
Seattle, Washington
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Decent pay for an intern.

Cons

As I arrived on the first day, I had nothing set up: no desk, no computer, NOTHING. The manager didn't do his job, I guess.

I qualified for all the things I listed on my resume and passed the interview process with no problem. Yet the project I was assigned has nothing to do with my background, and I just worked on it as a green.

Mentorship is a joke. Every time I tried to ask a question, they told me to figure it out on my own, like I figured out the last question. But in the end, they criticized the way I came up with solutions to problems.

The manager couldn't care less about you, as they are trying to get promoted themselves. We were having weekly one-on-ones. He gave no opinion on how I was doing, even when I asked, but dumped a really bad review on me about everything I can think of during the final review meeting.

REALLY MATURE.....

Coworkers pretended not to know me but wouldn't hesitate to make a joke involving me.

It's a huge office where people just yell across the room, as they don't want to get up from their chair and take a few steps.

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