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Cloud, No Help, Long Hours

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for 1 year
January 6, 2022
Bengaluru, Karnataka
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Salary is the only pro.

Cons
  1. You will never know how to handle scale at the infra level, because everything is cloud-managed.

  2. Mostly uses internal tools, so old employees are like gods there.

  3. No one will help you there, even your teammates won't. This is because the manager there says: If you are helping your teammate with their task, you are wasting your N hours, so your task will get delayed, and how he/she will measure your colleague's performance. So, the strict rule is: Do Not Help Teammates. This just makes a mockery of the team concept itself. :)

  4. You have to work for more than 10 hours, because according to Amazon's philosophy, you should be better than 50% of your teammates. This means if anyone in your team works a lot, everyone will end up working a lot in the team, and so on.

  5. Many more cons, can't write all here.

Advice to Management

No advice. It can't be changed now. If you really want to change, then first understand the meaning of a team and try to implement that.

Additional Ratings

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

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