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Great Pay, Small Teams

Software Development Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for less than 1 year
October 23, 2008
Seattle, Washington
5.0
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Pros

Good compensation package, no state tax in Washington. Competitive with Google and Microsoft.

A lot of exciting teams to work on, which was surprising, especially to those that view Amazon as a "bookstore."

Teams are usually small, divided into two pizza teams, meaning that each team can be fed by two pizzas. This is nice.

Cons

Employees don't get their own offices, which can sometimes make it hard to program. But, of course, this is the case at most programming companies, so it's not really Amazon-specific. They have no offices in California, so you pretty much have to move to Seattle.

Advice to Management

Mixed feelings. Some are great, some are so-so.

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