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Overall, a good experience

Software Development Manager
Former Employee
Worked at Amazon for 6 years
October 3, 2013
Seattle, Washington
3.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  • Very smart people across the board.
  • Endless opportunities to work on challenging problems.
  • Ability to work on many different types of products without changing companies (e.g., operations support, front-end, digital, web services, developer tools, etc.).
  • Good stock performance over the past few years.
Cons

Location - South Lake Union (in Seattle) is hip and clean, but also expensive (e.g. lunches, parking, etc.)

Hours - employees more often than not have to work above and beyond to meet senior management expectations, which leads to bad work balance (i.e. not good for family life).

Politics

Advice to Management

Recognize employee talent and accomplishments more.

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