Great place to work if you are willing to work hard! - Software Development Engineer Amazon Employee Review

4.0
May 20, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of +ves about Amazon like - ability to make an impact to end users - talented and smart people to work with - no need to re-invent the wheel for the most part, so get to work on exciting stuff

Cons

-ves - pager duty for SDE, this sucks you are pretty much tied down to your work/home for that week as you need to respond to pages within minutes - do not agree with stack ranking for reviews - higher burn out rate, usually see developers lasting about 2 years before they move on

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5.0
Dec 18, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Amazon pushes you to always be thinking bigger, improving your processes, and becoming more agile

Cons

Not for the faint of heart looking for a company where you can coast or fly under the radar

5.0
Jan 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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