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Amazon is the Walmart of the tech world

Software Development Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 2 years
May 2, 2014
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Working at Amazon is better than starving in the rain, fighting hobos and pigeons for cold bowls of bird soup.

Working at Amazon is better than watching infomercials.

Cons

Amazon thinks way too highly of themselves. They sell doo-dads over the internet.

Amazon does not value people. Google the Gawker article on "Amazon's bizarre corporate culture."

If you are a talented young engineer, do not work for Amazon.

Go anywhere else.

Advice to Management

Stop racing to the bottom. Stop acting like the Walmart of...

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