A good if not great place to work - Software Development Engineer Amazon Employee Review

3.0
6 Aug 2012
Recommend
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Pros

1. Opportunity to work with large scale systems. 2. Great for new grads to learn how service oriented systems work. 3. Work with smart people.

Cons

1. Virtually no perk. 2. Very stressful on-call/pager duty. 3. Very bad criteria for qualifying for green card processing (applicable to H1B visa holders) 4. Insignificant salary increment. 5. Frugality actually means being cheap and provide employees with cheap and inadequate hardware.

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5.0
20 Mar 2026
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Pros

Medical/ dental/ vision insurance, mental assistance, 401k, lawyer assistance, Career choice, VTO, PTO, vacation time

Cons

Most AMs have avoritism among employees. We get mandatory extra time (now is calling "voluntary" but you have to go when it is schedule) at the end of the year, what makes difficult for some of us when we have kids and they're really rigid about it.

5.0
10 Jan 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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