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Great Tech, Awful Balance

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 1 year
March 19, 2014
Seattle, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Good technology, large scale, a lot of technical problems to solve. You will learn a lot.

Cons

A lot of politics. There is no great acknowledgement of achievements. You have to deliver at every single moment in your life to reach a happy situation. Work-life balance is really bad, and it's really hard to estimate the tasks' cost.

Advice to Management

Work here is very stressful. We are required to perform a lot of duties that other companies don't ask for. If you show some respect to this and understand how stressful employee life is, then I think you will take the right actions and provide the right employee judgment.

Also, it's not wise to estimate a very low cost for a task that should take more time than expected.

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