4.0
30 Aug 2008
Former employee
Seattle, WA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Great place to get started. You can work with a lot of difference technologies and get the Amazon stamp of approval on your resume.
Cons
My personal experience as an SDE Intern screened me from a lot of the downsides of working at Amazon, but I know many other fellow interns whom had to work continuous extra hours (all the time, not just at push). In addition the Amazon work model lends itself to being "on-call" - a.k.a. giving up your personal life for a week once every two months to support your team's software.