Amazon Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"It is very good company to start but not for your development in the technology field. Other than that I don't have anything to say about the company."

"I just started working here and it seems ok. The work is tedious and fast paced, but not too bad. I wish the starting pay was more than 11.00 per hour."

"Do not enjoy working at Amazon. "Work hard, have fun, make history", where the latter 2 are works in progress."

"I worked at PHL5 warehouse in Lewisberry for about 2 months. It was a good job for those 2 months but I couldn't see myself working there day in and day out."

"I've worked here for 2 years and while the technology is great, the management is subpar. Very little room to grow and no direction from management makes it a very frustrating place to work. On the plus side, your co-workers will probably be the smartest people you've ever worked with. It's a great job but can burn you out really fast."

"The organization as a whole is doing okay. The problem lies in that there wasn't a clear mission for the team I was on. This led to a lot of confusion and only by going over my boss's head did I get timely information. There's a "just get it done" mentality - it works sometimes - but not when you're giving conflicting instructions and amorphous goals."

"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."

"I have worked for Amazon since 2010. While they are the top online retailer in the world and have provided me much valuable experience, I think that they are still using an archaic performance review system that requires leaders to map compensation to a curve. And the workspace is extremely small considering my job level and experience. Amazon is extremely frugal especially considering their success."

"Good company and learning."

"The middle layer of management, from SDM to Director, has a lot of power to do whatever they wish. How you are treated at Amazon depends almost entirely on your manager. With a good manager, you'll do well. With a rotten manager, and there are a lot of them, you'll do poorly. This includes such things as work-life balance, compensation, and advancement.Basic project management guidelines, best practices, and tenets are routinely violated. The lessons of The Mythical Man-Month are lost."