a2z Development Center Reviews

Pros

Great life balance. Very friendly environment

Advice to Management

More hanging out areas

Pros

Love to work in a company like the Home Depot

Pros

good, competitive, fast, benefits, cutting edge

Pros

you come to find out early that management HR does not care if you leave or stay that you're just a number in the system. Expendable not appreciated. I work was seriously good work ethic people with only Amazon and Amazon Customer in mind hey Princeton graduate you have people that actually have integrity character and work ethic that are often ignored as troublemakers and eventually terminated and they call it rate I think this company is a 1920 Sweatshop with a bright shiny name they did teach you one thing in Princeton Before how to lie to the public and make them think they need something that you put out there all on the backs of their children slaving away in hot buildings being bullied because they don't know their rights it's their first job people that say this is a great company are lying through their teeth if this was a great company they wouldn't have such horrific reviews online I'd like to see all Seattle upper management come down and work and our conditions you people people pay x amount of money for a piece of paper and forget where you come from shame on you be so slap yourself in the head with one of your books

Advice to Management

Wh.ere!, do you find these so-called managers only an i think they were a managers can tell they've had no training on how to manage 150 Associates all at the same time I have to honestly say congratulations Bezos you're the most customer-centric company in the world and your customers don't know that you've built this company on the sweat of their children's backs by intimidation mandatory this time off for that and they happily handing them over to you go work for Amazon. this is why you don't allow any cell phones any pictures in the building heaven forbid mr. Mrs. GQ see how their little Son has to work and his working conditions they may not be so good if customers after that I wonder if that's why you don't want to go Union you like that will get you out of being accountable or taking ownership or leadership as you say you created this monster stand up be proud but I want all you parents out there to know that are sending your kids to Amazon for their first job you're not doing them any favors and every product you buy from this company is literally the sweat, injuries, bleeding fingers trampled self-esteem
 off the sweat of 19 and 20 year old somebody sent her daughter Brow
  and all this customer Centric loyal trusting customers continue to buy their From Amazon help promoting slave labor. I'll tell you one thing for sure I work hard every single day I've not had one day of fun and I keep looking for it

Pros

Amazon has a great working environment in SLO. Between easy-to-walk-to lunch places and free bagels on Thursday, it's situated in the perfect location. Everyone there is pleasant and willing to help out with whatever problem you need, and there's never any pressure to work late hours and on weekends.

Advice to Management

With the impending $15/hr minimum wage, Jr. Devs will need to be paid more in order to retain them. If they can make the same money in a less stressful job, the program will turn into a summer-only internship.

Pros

There are some smart kids to work with.
Free milk & soda
Bagel once a week
That's all you can get.

Advice to Management

Hopeless

Pros

Big name in the software industry

Pros

casual dress code - flips flops, shorts, t-shirt
bankers hours
good pay
smart people

Advice to Management

Work on soft skills

Pros

$$$ - Solid base and sign-on bonus for year 1-2 (but don't ever expect a performance bonus or a base increase over 2.5%
-Some incredibly talented people working there (not sure if any left now)
-- they base their stock offers on the 30 day trailing average (of the stock's performance)- so keep that in mind when negotiating. That being said, good luck making it the 2+ years to collect

Advice to Management

try to make it feel like less a prison sentence

Pros

I have explored new career paths that I never would have imagined possible for myself. I have moved up in the company due to the always positive reinforcement that makes me strive to do better and better.

Advice to Management

Focus on 'customer obsession' in the facility. Happy associates work better when we work with them. We are a team, no matter where we work.