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Good Pay, Grueling Work

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 4 years
November 15, 2018
Seattle, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Good salary, good benefits. Management culture for lower-level managers seems pretty focused on making sure the team can get their work done without distraction.

Cons

"Work hard / play hard" culture usually just means work hard / work hard.

On-call rotations for most developers. Often multiple vacancies on a team, so teams are constantly understaffed. The above two points combine to mean there are going to be long periods of crunch, in addition to round-the-clock on-call schedules.

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