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Great Pay, Risky Projects

Software Development Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 2 years
December 26, 2014
Seattle, Washington
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  • A lot of interesting projects.
  • Proposed compensation was well above what I expected.
  • I got my green card within 2 years of my first day.
  • Great CEO with very ambitious plans.
Cons
  • Not much benefits in the office (no free food, etc.).
  • On-calls.
  • If you are not doing well in your current project, you will most probably be fired. There is no chance to switch if you are underperforming.
Advice to Management

Sometimes a person is just not right for the project. So, a restriction to change projects if performance on the current project is low is kind of harsh.

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