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Unpredictable Levels of Stress

Software Development Engineer Intern
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 1 year
July 5, 2015
Seattle, Washington
4.0
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Pros

Amazon engenders an environment that facilitates learning.

Employees are given a great deal of independence.

The Downtown Seattle campus is a vibrant, fun place.

Cons

Independence of engineers and their projects does not encourage collaboration.

Employees keep mostly to themselves.

Frugality can be frustrating at times.

Advice to Management

At times, it can feel that there is no pressure to succeed, and then, all of a sudden, the stress levels will shoot up drastically. The on-call system seems to frustrate most employees, especially when what is broken is not something built or understood by the person on-call.

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