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Solid Company To Work For

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 2 years
June 4, 2019
Seattle, Washington
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Lots of options for developers - you can usually choose what you want to work on and how you want to work.

Everything varies team-to-team, but it's universally positive.

The path to promotion is very clear and encouraged.

Problems are challenging, if not always unique/interesting.

The environment supports and encourages quick learning.

Cons

Everything is built around isolated teams. The company essentially functions as 1000 start-ups moving in a similar (but not the same) direction. This can result in duplicated work and wasted time.

To some extent, this is unavoidable at such a large company. It's very common here to implement a full platform that will be dropped within the year.

There's also quite a cult of personality around the higher-ups.

Advice to Management

Everything is moving in a good direction. Just keep working to set clear goals and purposes for teams/orgs. Keep prioritizing ethics and sustainability.

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