Good for the cash bonus, but after leave. No raises / refreshers. - Systems Software Developer Amazon Employee Review

1.0
Feb 15, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Not really much. If you get lucky you can work on backend stuff that works at huge scalability, which is good experience for going to another company. But most of the software stitching together most of Amazon is pretty terrible. We don't work backwards from a business / customer usecase. We set a hyper-aggressive date, ship a minimal, uncomplete product to customers, then you fib metrics to make up-your-chain look better.

Cons

Discrimination of protected classes / characteristics is rampant here. I've seen H1B managers prefer engineers of country of origin and manage out capable engineers w/ Greencard or citizenship who refused to not slave away. I've also been discriminated within this company for having a leg injury.

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5.0
Apr 20, 2026
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Pros

Very talented co workers. Access to world class mentorship, Hyper scale projects. Nice culture

Cons

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5.0
Jan 10, 2016
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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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