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The best and worst of times

Software Development Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for 4 years
May 2, 2014
Seattle, Washington
5.0
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Pros

In most places, challenging problems with motivated and competent colleagues working toward the common goal of making the most customer-centric company in the world.

Good rewards for implementing good ideas quickly.

Culture encourages collaboration and access to intellectual resources. Competitive benefits with stock grants that reward pay for performance. The pace is usually exhilarating.

Cons

Like most dynamic software companies, the need for speed and impatience with failure biases work-life balance heavily toward work at all technical levels. This is evidenced in increased rates of fatigue and irritability. The pace reduces the time to recover. Q4 can be exhausting.

Advice to Management

Pay attention to average fatigue and irritability.

See if reducing the average increases productivity.

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