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Good for the cash bonus, but after leave. No raises or refreshers

Systems Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Amazon for 6 years
February 15, 2023
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Not really much. If you get lucky, you can work on backend stuff that works at huge scalability, which is good experience for going to another company.

But most of the software stitching together most of Amazon is pretty terrible. We don't work backwards from a business/customer use case. We set a hyper-aggressive date, ship a minimal, incomplete product to customers, then you fib metrics to make your chain look better.

Cons

Discrimination of protected classes/characteristics is rampant here. I've seen H1B managers prefer engineers of their country of origin and manage out capable engineers with Green Cards or citizenship who refused to not slave away. I've also been discriminated against within this company for having a leg injury.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
1.0
Senior Management
1.0

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