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Pay is decent; mental health and job security is not

Software Development Engineer II
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for 2 years
February 5, 2026
New York, NY
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Amazon pays you more in the first two years to balance out stock vesting taking longer and being less, so you'll immediately have a decently sized paycheck.

Cons

You'll probably use a lot of that paycheck dealing with how psychologically draining it is to work at a place as soulless and harmful as Amazon. Layoff frequency is increasing, teams are being required to own more and more, the AI push is causing increasingly many issues and outages, and Amazon's entire structure is designed to keep you off balance and overworked.

Advice to Management

Back off, trust your management to do their jobs, and let your employees do their work. Y'all at the top don't know how you make money anymore, so stop pretending you do and meddling with what you don't understand.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
1.0

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