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Great Code, Awful Work-life Balance

Software Development Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
November 5, 2016
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Great bunch of internal services!

One of the largest stores of beautiful code and services.

Cons

In many teams, there is no work-life balance, mainly because teams are almost autonomous, leaving all important decisions, like hiring and conversion from intern to full-time, to the manager and mentor. This occurs without a proper or strict interview process, which gives them a chance to play bad political games, the worst you can face in the industry, as I did.

Advice to Management

You must make things fairer by trying not to leave every important decision in the hands of some particular individuals.

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