OK - Engineer Amazon Employee Review

3.0
31 Aug 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working in IT/AWS. Everything revolving around operations and being technical, creating automation, tools, and tools for tools, and yet more scripts and tools, even for very simple tasks. Also you're told you can do anything you want, but if you don't do well enough with tickets and on-call, your employment may be in danger.

Cons

Often people try to solve non-technical problems by engineering themselves out of them (not an exact situation, but similar to: let's create a tool so we don't have to talk to each other too much). Don't see people smiling in the office very often. Culture a bit dull and disappointing, emphasis on working hard. People get promoted for working hard and peer feedback instead of competencies, which leads to frustration of those competent. Not much teamwork, great focus on individual contributions, which leads to unhealthy competition. If someone is frustrating others but delivers results, management usually won't help the situation with others.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
10 Jan 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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