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Learn at the cost of your life

Software Development Engineer In Test I
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 2 years
May 25, 2014
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

You learn a lot within a very short time span.

Every employee is considered a leader.

Smart co-workers, awesome technologies, and much more.

Cons

Terrible work-life balance. There are a lot of politics involved behind the scenes. You have to take care of yourself, otherwise the company will just use you. Beware!

Advice to Management

Do think that employees have a life too. You are losing smart & hard-working employees at a faster rate, and this is not good for the company.

SDET is a development role; you expect us to write strong code and have absolute development skills. But managers are simply making SDETs do manual QA and product releases for a very long time. Managers should understand this and put the right people in the right roles.

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