Not worth - Senior Engineering Manager Amazon Employee Review

2.0
Jan 25, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

the leadership principles are definitely the best thing in Amazon's culture and they can be applied in difficult practical scenarios to make the right decisions.

Cons

It's a very grueling place for Engineering managers. The number of administrative tasks have increased multi-fold in the recent years, the HR or leadership only cares about engineers. Nobody cares about work-life balance of managers. Also, the expectation from managers are to retain and promote engineers and do admin work. So, managers do all sorts of things to somehow promote their team members as their own performance depends on that. Terrible place for a manager, particularly anyone who wants to contribute towards product and tech strategy. No wonder the bar for engineering managers is going down every day

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5.0
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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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