Good if you have the personality for it - werkgeversreview Software Engineer bij Amazon

1,0
14 jul 2009
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Profitable company. Things move fast. You can see your code changes in production in no time. Looks good on resume. Cubes have a nice view if you get a lucky seat. Some, not all, of the technology is cool.

Minpunten

Obsessively driven co-workers with no lives. You will be expected to work 45-50 hrs a week just to keep up. October to Dec 25 is treated as crunch time because of the holidays. Mandatory Oncall from 1 of every 4 weeks to 1 of every 8 if you are lucky. Developers are 30% tech support for their service, 40% business analyst and 30% developer. You will spend far more time learning the intricacies of shipping boxes through UPS than working on "cool" things and you will be expected to feel passionately about those boxes. Standard "lean" process speeches from senior management over and over. Priorities change at the last minute. Chaotic undirected environment with everyone competing for air time. You have to learn a thousand buggy in-house made tools You will be a cog in the machine. Squeak and you will be replaced by a new college grad. There is a reason nearly everyone there is under 30, think about it.

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5,0
27 feb 2026
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Lots of learning new things and managing a team of outgoing associates.

Minpunten

The hours are long which can result in feeling overwhelmed or burn out.

5,0
10 jan 2016
Anonieme werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Echt slimme mensen, veel kansen voor groei, altijd aangemoedigd om innovatief te zijn, groots te denken en iets nieuws te creëren. Competitief salaris en secundaire arbeidsvoorwaarden bij andere grote technologiebedrijven. 100% zelfmotiverende werkomgeving. Geen dresscode en viervoeters zijn welkom.

Minpunten

Je moet gemotiveerd zijn. NIEMAND zal je hand vasthouden en je vertellen dat je het geweldig doet. Als je constante bevestigingen van het management nodig hebt, is dit bedrijf niets voor jou.

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