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Great Vision, Red Tape Mess

Software Development Engineer I
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
March 18, 2010
San Francisco, California
3.0
RecommendsApproves of CEO
Pros

Senior management makes the right decisions and promotes innovation. It's rare to find a company with such great vision. An obsession with the customer means that more often than not the right thing is done.

Cons

The organization is massive. There is a lot of red tape to fight through to even get the simplest task done. Schedules are constantly hijacked, and feature creep is rampant. The release process needs to be refined, and groups held more accountable for their deliverables. Frugality is often overly practiced at the cost of productivity.

Advice to Management

Keep up the vision, approach, and decision-making. Refine the effectiveness of group interaction, accountability, and middle management. Don't be so frugal when it comes to IT and employee perks because you lose money in the long run by doing so.

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