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Good for career boost, but not for the long term

Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
December 15, 2020
4.0
Pros
  • Brand name
  • Learning
  • Food coupons
  • Timing flexibility
  • Transportation allowance
  • Good salary
Cons
  • Does not consider employees as humans.
  • They want employees to work like robots.
  • Yearly 'Performance reviews' mean that the firing of one employee from the team is compulsory.
  • 24/7 On-call rotation means you have to work for 24 hours for 7 days during your on-call cycle, day and night. This is for all technical employees: DevOps, SDE, System Engineer, etc. I am not sure how they think that it's possible for a human.
Advice to Management
  • Treat your employees like humans.
  • Hire more employees to do on-call on a day-night shift basis; humans need to sleep and eat.
  • Stop this yearly firing of employees.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
4.0

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