5.0
Nov 27, 2016
Current employee, more than 5 years
Seattle, WA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Awesome datasets, lot of smart people around you, career opportunities (inside and outside), learning opportunities, impactful work. If you are a builder and have the right "it can be done" attitude, you can do great at amazon.
Cons
You need to show independence from the start in getting things done, you won't get much help from others. Doing only what you are asked to do will not enable you to get promotions, good stock grants etc... There is a max cash compensation at 160k. At higher levels most of the compensation is in the form of stocks if you do well. Benefits could be better.