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

"My Amazon experience was interesting."

"I have tremendous respect for Jeff Bezos; Seattle was not for me and I missed California."

"I've worked at the Amazon headquarters in Seattle, WA for 5 years. I've had the opportunity to work for really smart people, a lot of opportunity for career growth, and I'm always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. The culture is quick and hard charging. You are always working in relevant and meaningful projects. There are really well run teams and very badly run teams. The experience for most employees is all over the board, from really run low operational load teams to teams where people burn out after a year. Amazon is built, quite deliberately, to be Darwinian. The strong survive and the weak perish (metaphorically speaking) and the 'bar' is constantly increasing. The level of performance that would have been acceptable five years ago will get you canned today. It's a kind of crucible that'll help you develop a harder edge, if you can survive, that can serve you well in your career and in life, but it's often not a pleasant experience. Work/life balance is extremely difficult to find. I wouldn't recommend it as a place to work for just anyone. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies."

"You need to work here at least once!"

"It is a challenging place to work. You gotta learn and grow very fast."

"I've been working at Amazon for almost 1 year. Learning experience is great, is very fast pace and work/life balance is not that good. On call rotations are very stressful."

"Working at Amazon EU Sarl was a great experience overall. I was working with the EU Expansion team and more specifically in the launch of Amazon Turkey. The company culture was great overall and I had the opportunity to meet great people. Everyone was willing to help me learn faster and succeed in my role."

"Overall, I like where I am but am looking for a permanent position."

"Amazon is a fantastic place to work."

"Amazon is an amazing company-- a wonderful place to learn and grow."

"I would like to skip this for now but I would like to add that it’s not the employer that makes a difference on your every day life but it’s the team and job situations that are a critical game changer. Thank you ?? Monica Nagar"

"Amazon could be a very good and fun place to work. It lacks actual sympathy for the employees."

"I worked for Amazon as a Seller Support Associate for over a year and a half. During my time there I learned many new things and was introduced to many new people. Although there were a handful of things that were confusing and frustrating overall it was a great experience."

"I find Amazon to be a strong company to be apart of. As an intern, I was given the opportunity of ownership and responsibility equal to my peers. Although a very large company, they embodied a start up mentality and allowed room for self expression. If given the opportunity, I would recommend the experience."