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Worst. Job. Ever

Software Development Engineer III
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
April 26, 2009
Seattle, Washington
1.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

You're on an H1B Visa and it's the only job you can get, or you're right out of college and having a "Big name" on your resume is worth it.

Cons

The primary, fundamental downside of Amazon is that senior management is both incompetent and arrogant. Amazon is a technology company, but they do not have technologists managing people. Even at low levels, they bring in people who don't know anything about technology to manage engineers. At higher levels, they have MBAs making technology decisions. Worse, they are arrogant; they don't respect or value employees. They don't treat them well, and they have built an HR department that sees its job as keeping employees in line rather than keeping them happy and productive.

Advice to Management

Amazon.com was the worst place I've worked in my 20-year career, and it is ultimately your fault. Go get a job at a non-technology company where you might not be exceeding your level of competence.

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