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Complex Systems, Manager Issues

Software Development Engineer - II
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 4 years
October 3, 2015
Seattle, Washington
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Exposure to complex distributed architectures and wonderful internal tools and deployment platforms.

Exposure to internet scale, and you will have built the ability to design, develop, and deploy features at that scale.

Ability to move between teams, but you may end up in deeper s#!% than you were in.

Cons

Bureaucratic. Unfortunately, I had the worst managers in current teams; previous managers were great.

Absence of transparency into why certain people do better than others financially. In reality, they seem to be doing nothing at all.

ONCALL S***.

Since instant rewards and appreciation are absent, it kills the competitiveness in you.

Advice to Management

No advice.

They don't care.

It's a big company.

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