My experience has been good, but it can vary a lot - Software Development Engineer II Amazon Employee Review

4.0
Jan 20, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive pay for engineering positions, some areas have relatively good work-life balance (but this can be hit or miss), benefits package is decent, as of writing is very open to flexible or remote working, massive company with lots of distinct organizations and therefore a large variety of different things to work on.

Cons

High turnover in some areas, work-life balance can be bad at times, promotion process is painful and promotions can be infrequent, frequent on-call duties that can require working outside normal business hours, can feel like working for a massive corporation in the typical bad ways.

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5.0
Apr 13, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I was so excited when I got this job. I loved Amazon, the pay was the best I ever had at that point and my job was remote so it was a wonderful opportunity to be given. My supervisor was great and there were a lot of really nice, hard working, helpful people on my team. Training was paid and very thorough. I keep thinking we had an hour for lunch, which was great too.

Cons

I was there for a long time, but only had two experiences in which customers behaved horribly. One of which was a prank caller. I don't think it's the norm though, because everyone otherwise was very pleasant. Having two calls like that over the span of many months isn't much. I mention this because I know sometimes people get nervous about the idea of taking calls. I really enjoyed this job and if you like Amazon, enjoy helping people and working remotely, you probably will too.

5.0
Jan 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
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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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