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Nice place to work, but not without its own share of politics

Software Development Manager
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for 2 years
July 20, 2014
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Access to excellent engineering minds, a start-up atmosphere, work from home, pay, benefits, stock options, and internal transfers.

You will be more successful if you start off as an engineer here.

Cons

No proactive mentoring; rather, the hire/fire method is used. Overcomplicating solutions, operational, abstracted systems, and delays in hiring.

Advice to Management

Learn to differentiate between people who perform and people who are posers. The bar should be the same across all people. So many hands-off managers just survive because they somehow sit on top of their teams' heads and get things done.

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