Really great place coming from a small company. - SDEII Amazon Employee Review

5.0
Aug 7, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Feels good having all the freedom to manage my own time; work and personal development. Great colleagues; My colleagues have been really friendly and helpful! Great environment; Seattle Sphere's a nice place to do self paced tutorials. Pretty OK ergonomic equipments. Free transport card. Really customer focused. Really great to be their customer, and staff.

Cons

No free food; we get free bananas instead. Benefits didn't really suit my needs. Everything is still expensive with the discounts applied (apart from the Amazon.com employee discount). My frugal self still saves more without using the other benefits. Really the main downside for me would be free food. That'd save me at least 200 dollars a month.

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5.0
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Pros

Great flexibility on hours and time off

Cons

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5.0
Jan 10, 2016
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Pros

Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.

Cons

You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.

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