Smart people with a strong focus on the long-term and the customer, with limited attention paid to employee satisfaction - Anonymous employee Amazon Employee Review

4.0
20 Nov 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Highly analytical culture with decisions driven by data. - Culture is not very political. Delivering results is noticed and rewarded. - Roles tend to be broad in scope with a lot of ownership. - Decisions are generally made quickly.

Cons

- Don't expect many pats on the back. Amazon has a highly critical culture where you leave almost every meeting feeling like you could have / should have done better. You will be perpetually pushed to move smarter and faster and dive deeper. You will rarely meet the exceedingly high bar that is set... and if, somehow, you do hit it they will immediately move the bar and tell you to keep trying harder.

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5.0
17 May 2026
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Pros

-Great team and manager -Lots of resources to learn -Flexible

Cons

-Pace can be brutal -Can have lots of meetings

5.0
10 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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