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The best job I've had

Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 2 years
October 23, 2022
4.0
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Pros

Pretty good work/life balance, great salary, good manager, good coworkers. I lucked out, but it's a big company - you certainly can too. Don't believe everything you hear.

Cons

Constant pressure, low recognition for work, not the best culture, and stack ranking where the bottom 5% gets fired every year.

Advice to Management

Don't fire the bottom 5% every year. This makes it so that coworkers don't share information with each other, stunting growth and creativity/innovation because folks are so afraid of getting fired.

Allow for promotion earlier. It should be based on skill set, not amount of time.

Hire more women.

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