Valuable starting point for building experience and enhancing your CV - Software Development Manager III Ring Employee Review

3.0
21 Oct 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Innovating products and technologies. A lot of already existing best practices and instruments. Good training opportunities. Smart people around.

Cons

Amazon's general drawbacks include a clear tendency to prioritise profits over the well-being of employees or the satisfaction of customers. Internal politics often take precedence, leading to inconsistent decisions and favouritism, while there is a noticeable hypocrisy surrounding company policies, such as the push for return-to-office mandates, opaque promotion processes, and inconsistent salary reviews. Specifically for Ring, the company has experienced negative shifts following the replacement of its founder and former CEO, Jamie Siminoff, in 2023. These changes have raised concerns about leadership direction. Additionally, the technical landscape at Ring is hindered by a significant amount of legacy code and outdated architecture, posing challenges for innovation and modernisation.

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5.0
25 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- lots of people care about the work - lots of cool projects to dig into and grow from

Cons

- owned by Amazon so you'd have to tolerate the constant threat of layoffs (I guess that's most big tech companies nowadays) - heavily pushing us to utilize AI solutions anywhere we can - not a lot of room for upward advancement

1.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free lunch and good snacks

Cons

The work culture is toxic. No one knows what’s going on and refuses to fix problems. CEO will contact you on weekends. No work life balance. There were launches where we would sleep only 2-3 hours a day for weeks. You will work through holidays and there is no overtime or any thanks for your effort. People will always point the finger at others and find one person to blame and that person will be punished via demotion. No accountability from the top and no patience. Others at the top will take credit for your wins and you will be punished for anything that goes wrong. Harassment is rampant. Women are not safe in this workplace. People of color are not safe. People are encouraged to bully each other and talk behind each other’s back about their personal life. There is no professionalism. People are quick to backstab you here. You can give up your whole life for this job but there still won’t be a ladder to an upwards position.

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