Working at Amazon in Seattle, WA: 227 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Seattle, WA Area

"With my six month experience, I would say the environment and culture in Amazon is great."

"Amazon is reflected by the business culture it has built. Most engineers there agree. It makes sense but it is not what you'd find at Google."

"I interned with Amazon over the summer. It was a great experience."

"A lot of companies will say they are fast-paced, but that is a truly accurate assessment of Amazon. You will be expected to turn around a staggering amount of work in a short amount of time. This makes for a poor work-life balance environment."

"The job and the compensation is not what was discussed during the interview process. The flexibility promised when intial talks were made are not what they seem nor is the scheduling. The ability to move up and beyond has been blocked along the way. Transportation is paid for though!"

"It's been a mixed experience, there are lots of good and bads, as all companies. The cons mainly are around the work life balance and hence appreciation for extra efforts that you put. Amazon lacks that value system."

"I worked for Amazon AWS during 2013 Summer. It was not a great experience."

"Amazon provides a lot of security but as a big company has a lot of policy and logistics in place that can hinder creativity and career growth. Other than process hindering career growth I am extremely happy here."

"I interned there so can't say much about the company, but it's a good place to get some work experience as a UG student."

"I have worked with Amazon.com for about a year now and find it as an exciting place to work."

"I interned with Amazon last summer and I had a very positive experience. People around you are supportive and are willing to help. There is literally no management and developers are given a lot of freedom in terms of technology."

"I didn't like working at Amazon due to management and employee relations was not effective, some of the responsibilities and work ethic is not good. Employees life span is the shortest I have ever seen in working in enterprise. Employees leaving after short period of time due to over working."

"It's a good company for newly hired people. But for experienced people, all the build process and development is a pain, since there is nothing useful to learn in those extra efforts."

"I worked for Amazon.com as an SDE intern and found the experience to be quite normal. From the experience I found that Amazon.com employees are stressed out and under-compensated. I would not have continued working there even if they had offered me a full time position."