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Senior Buyers at Amazon give their company a 4.6 out of 5.0, while the average rating for Amazon is 3.9, making them 16% happier than every other employee at Amazon and 16% happier than every other Senior Buyer on CareerBliss - the happiest Senior Buyers work for Arrow Electronics.

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4.6
Average Rating
(based on 2 Senior Buyer Review Ratings)
Senior Buyer
in Seattle, WA

What do you like about working at Amazon?

"I liked the great culture, atmosphere, freedom to try, and the pay was nice."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Amazon is a great company, but Seattle is grey and dismal 7-9 months of the year."

What don't you like about working at Amazon?

"I disliked the many levels of red tape above you necessary for advancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get more experienced merchants, as there are too many book people bosses."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Buyer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3.4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Average Senior Buyer Ratings in the Past 2 Years

Year Salary
2011 $4
2012 $5
Senior Buyer
in Seattle, WA

"Amazon is a good place to acquire experience, but not a good one to stay with for too long."

Senior Buyer
in Seattle, WA

"I was asked to leave, due to health issues from a car accident."

What do you like about working at Amazon?

"I liked the empowerment of running your own division."

What don't you like about working at Amazon?

"I disliked the internal struggle to strive for excellence individually at all costs, versus working as a team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It is an individual environment and not team. They need to focus on team building."

Average Amazon Attributes by Senior Buyer

Company Culture
4.2
Growth Opportunities
4.5
People You Work With
4.9
Person You Work For
4.5
Rewards You Receive
4.9
Support You Get
4.5
Way You Work
4.5
Work Setting
4.9
Senior Buyer

"Honesty is the best policy."

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