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Alexa Video Irvine

Software Development Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for 2 years
January 18, 2019
Irvine, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  • High profile products
  • Interesting tech and customer experience problems to solve
  • Nice office and equipment (laptop, standing desk, snacks)
  • Good salary and signing bonus
Cons
  • Poor work-life balance outweighs all pros.
  • Big on-call load.
  • Lots of panic and release-blocking bugs with no time to fix.
  • No time to attend workshops, conferences, or play sessions.
  • Bad stock vesting schedule, no raises before the two-year policy, and a bad 401k match.
  • Incredible social pressure from management created an unhealthy work environment.
  • Only code business logic in Java; no database or frontend UI work, no time, or opportunity to build other skills.
Advice to Management
  • Management lacks empathy. Incredible social pressure created an unhealthy work environment. Please see your employees as humans and not expendable workers. No goodbyes or thank yous from skip-levels upon resignation.

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