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Start at Amazon, leave after 1-2 years

Software Development Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for 2 years
September 25, 2019
Seattle, Washington
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  • Gain experience extremely fast.
  • Extremely hype name at the moment, easy to get employed after working at Amazon.
  • Get to live in downtown Seattle with a comfortable salary.
  • Quality of coworkers is almost always great.
Cons
  • Almost no company perks
  • Overly competitive culture
  • Leadership principles are subjective rather than objective
Advice to Management

Take advice from companies like Google and Microsoft on how to sustain engineers, rather than having a bad turnover rate. A lot has to do with company culture, but even increasing the benefits could make people stay longer.

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