Not Woot Anymore - Anonymous employee Woot Employee Review

Hours- Website is up 24/7, so you'd better be too. Not unusual to get a 1 am email and it's expected to be replied to. Most of senior management is in Seattle, so if in Dallas your career aspirations will be decided in the 2 minute exposure you get, mainly in the high tension weekly update meeting. If you're in Seattle, you'll be viewed as a rock star as management sees you daily. If in Dallas, you'll also be constantly reminded of how awesome the Seattle team is. Due to above, difficult to break the distance wall between Seattle and Dallas. it's two separate teams fighting for their life. Little known secret about Amazon compensation. Be sure to negotiate up front because once your sign up stock vesting expires after 4 years, you'll be reduced to what Amazon thinks they should give you, and it ain't much. Expect your overall compensation to drop after year 4. Manual Woot systems vs Amazon's automation. You're expected to be as efficient as Amazon, but you will be hamstrung by the systems at Woot. Have to relo to Seattle if you want any true career progression (see note on compensation after year 4).