Working enviroment in Amazon, how does it look like?

Well according to Blind it's basically one step removed from a prison-hard labor camp because nobody wipes their ass for them and they only have free bananas.

I will not bother much about glassdoor, if you are an individual who like to take ownership and drive things you will be happy. Also at what level are you joining, company treats well folks joining at 6 and above. I have not seen much complains from those levels.

Most of the reviews you see will be from SDEs, who have a hard life. I have no idea if the Finance department is the same way though.

6 is the golden level. Nobody got piped at L6 ever.

This depends entirely on the manager. I’ve gone from excellent managers to terrible managers within the same org. That said, where there’s this much smoke, there has to be fire. The perception of Amazon work culture as bruising, combattive, and toxic is largely true. I can’t speak for other companies (I moved to Amazon from the non-profit sector), but too many managers here are simply put cruel people, and it all starts at the top. Don’t join Amazon unless you have a tough skin and can stomach this. Even if you get Mother Theresa as your first boss, you’ll likely be working for a sociopath at some point, and HR won’t help you out of it.

I’m at AWS and think it’s way more laid back then the startup I came from. I have a flexible schedule, autonomy, and enjoy the people I work with and manager. I was honestly shocked that it wasn’t as hardcore as blind leads you to believe. I enjoy coming in and think it beats the crap startups I have been at previously. Me: L6 in biz dev

It 100% depends on your manager. Every team operates like a mini startup and managers are basically kings. If you have a shitty king, life is gonna suck.

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I worked as a contractor for Amazon in 2 different projects and they were day night. One (the first one) was amazing, managers, team, dev's, everybody AMAZING. I went back to another project and I lasted 3 weeks 😅 A nightmare! The closest I have been to slavery. Toxic people, no time for bathroom, your manager would email you if you are 1 min late or for none senses...

Honestly depends on your leadership and manager. Been on both sides of the coin, definitely now on the better side since I’m still here. On the whole, if you’re driven and love embracing challenges you would love working here. I’ve never been bored at work and with the right leadership, I’ve always been given really challenging work that helps me grow. Definitely a little hardcore as a company and pushes you but in a good way.