Amazon.com Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Amazon.com full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good pay and time off once hired.

Cons – never good enough to some managers esp. if they already don't like you

Advice to Senior Management – Bring better attitudes and respect to the table and you will def. get the same in return

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Amazon.com full-time for more than a year

Pros – innovative culture, chill environment, chill dress code, company subsidized café with organic food, respectful co workers

Cons – unless you negotiate well going in, don't expect a further opportunity at end of year review unless you are an executive
not all managers provide a challenging environment
salary is low so stock is vital
benefits are great
Orca card
shuttles between buildings and to train station
great tools to do your work re IT
people are predominantly nice

Advice to Senior Management – instead of signing bonus split over two years for the under $100K employees, make it one lump sum for one year

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Amazon.com full-time for less than a year

Pros – It has good promotion opportunity

Cons – You got huge pressure while working.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Amazon.com part-time

Pros – sign-in bonus and relocation fees

Cons – - if you work there for less than a year, you have to return relocation fees and part of bonus
- work overtime because of bad project management
- work employees hard
- cheap work environment
- drink is not free, free coffee, but not good

Advice to Senior Management – - schedule is not reasonable, so work employees hard
- managers simply throw tasks at employees, not to take responsibilities

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Amazon.com

Pros – Smart peers, fun environment, doggies! Developers and product managers are key to the success of each team.

Cons – Middle management needs work. Not great at developing direct reports or helping them get to the next level of their career. This is my only experience on one team at Amazon. I'm hoping this is an isolated situation.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to learn to lead by example and help develop the talent they have.

Current Employee – been working at Amazon.com full-time for more than a year

Pros – + Good outside visibility, everyone thinks People at Amazon are doing wonderful things.
+ Seattle is not bad as a city when compared to other US cities which have retail companies
+ Easy to shoot for average and seem busy
+ Sleep in your own bed every night, not easy in consulting

Cons – + Middle management has no idea on what to do, are riding coattails and don't know math
+ Too much stress for too little pay, Amazon upfront numbers seems high but no salary growth
+ Feedback is not helpful, everything is directed towards you.
+ Company culture is toxic and everyone is scheming or playing games to climb up
+ Leadership principles are used to basically slave drive employees, totally useless
+ No concept of feedback, ideas to improve culture. Everything is an order.
+ RLD program is a scam, you will be stuck in a position you don't want to be in with handcuffs. You can't move.
+ RLD program leadership are not helpful at all, they simply make false promises upfront.

Advice to Senior Management – My advice is to only super senior management (VPs and above). Please sit with you manager during their review discussion with their reports, do anonymous surveys to know where people stand. If you still can't find the answer, then may god help all those are long on this ticker.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Amazon.com full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Opportunity to work on interesting products and features within the company. There is no dearth of good work opportunities.

Cons – The work pressure in the company is very high - not just for this role, but for all roles. Everyone seems to be overworked. As a result of this, there is no work life balance. This is definitely not the company where people can work for a long period of time. Eventually, everyone burns out and looks for better jobs elsewhere.
Moreover, there is no recognition of employees. Even after delivering stuff, there is hardly any feeling of achievement because it is not attributed to employees and they are not recognized.

Advice to Senior Management – Please create means that can help improve the recognition of employees. Build awards based on team achievements, individual achievements, etc. A small pat on the back goes a long way and sometimes it far surpasses the monetary incentives.
Secondly, please do not create unnecessary work pressures, try to improve work-life balance among employees. A lot of work pressure seems to be unnecessary. Things like yearly planning, their reviews, reporting, etc take up more than usual time. It is important for senior management to have visibility into what is going on, but at some point, trust your employees to take the right decisions rather than controlling everything.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Amazon.com full-time for less than a year

Pros – Amazon offers great benefits like stock shares when you are full- time. Always busy so hours aren't and issue and competitive pay raises! You receive a raise every six months then they are given annually. Quick and easy to make money with a seasonal position.

Cons – Seasonal is comparable to sweatshop work! Very tuff physical labor and expect a mandatory schedule of 60 hours.- full time positions have been rumored ( and lived up to) unemployment after " maxing out on their payroll scales... Warehouse workers will make about $14 hourly and they find ways to fire people ( not my experience) after they have been maxed at the $14 hr mark.... You max out after about 4 years, right when employees are comfortable with their position and relying on the income... Amazon hubs do not seem to value their employees and do not tell a whole lot about their company in whole upon highering... Let alone your position and what your position means to the company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Amazon.com full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good salary for a fresher, better than current market standards. Dress Code: Wear something

-The job we do at amazon is amazing. Free transport(being the only reason for retention)
-data driven culture (can be manipulated by the management)
-high growth possibility (If you have the right people to back you)
-Recent management has a pathetic approach towards employees, otherwise all good

Cons – Every passing day a new con would arise. The list might be too lengthy

Advice to Senior Management – Please change your approach. Treat us like fellow employees, not slaves.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Amazon.com full-time for less than a year

Pros – Palletizing, stacking totes; so easy a monkey could do it; for the most part, you won't lift more than about 30 lbs...not that heavy.
As long as you make rate, you are left alone for the most part.
Most employees are very nice and respectful.
The job pays extremely good money for such easy work---especially night shift
4 nights a week (off-peak)

Cons – The job procedures are a bit nitpicky (EX: above 4 pallets, get a partner, which ain't always possible especially when there are few people on the EOL line and you get weighed down with so many totes)

Some associates like to boss you around as if they are your supervisors...annoying

The job is extremely boring and tiresome; you do the same thing over and over and over for weeks and weeks before being given another assignment

Advice to Senior Management – Make the job more exciting by switching up assignments every other day.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend