Amazon Software Developer review

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90% employees reported

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Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 22 Aug 2023

Likes

None

Dislikes

With the exception of salary-related disparities that also exist within the hierarchical levels, the working environment at Amazon India is distressing. It lacks adequate work-life balance, necessitating the review of emails even late at night due to the centralized control from Seattle, which operates during typical sleep hours. The implementation of a somewhat arbitrary 14-point policy is noticeable, selectively enforced based on convenience. The quality of group meetings is subpar. The promotion of negative behavior among colleagues is encouraged, given that performance evaluations hinge not on assessments from superiors, but rather on appraisals from fellow employees, who concurrently serve as competitors....Read More

Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 28 Oct 2024

Likes

organisation of dependent services, bar is high so potential to growth is high.

Salary - Excellent

Dislikes

Micromanagement, Company culture, Work life balance, growth depends on the projects

Job security - Poor
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

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Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 06 May 2024

Likes

In Amazon, I get to work on various techs like AWS, and mostly teams work on full stack projects. So, we get exposure on frontend and backend techs.

Salary - Good

Dislikes

The work life balance is very bad, also there is constant pressure from management to complete the tasks, otherwise there is constant fear of losing the job.

Job security - Poor
Work-life balance - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Software Developer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

IT Infrastructure Services Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 12 Feb 2025

Likes

yes

Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Good

Dislikes

Salary - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

IT Security Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 22 Jan 2025

Likes

Promotions - Good

Dislikes

Salary - Poor
Job security - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor
Work-life balance - Bad

Software Developer in Pune

Full Time

DevOps Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 15 Dec 2024

Likes

office, freebies, and perks

Salary - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

chatu employees

Promotions - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: if u want u can take permanent work from home or choose hybrid or choose office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Developer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 15 Oct 2024

Likes

The Office is soo good

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

The work is too much with strict deadline.

Job security - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Software Developer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 20 Aug 2024

Likes

Employee benefits

Skill development - Good

Dislikes

Too much work load

Job security - Poor
Work-life balance - Poor

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Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 15 Aug 2024

Likes

Opportunities to work on Good engineering problems

Salary - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Projects move slow

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 15 Aug 2024

Likes

Nothing except the salary

Salary - Good

Dislikes

Everything except the salary

Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Work Details

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Developer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 13 Aug 2024

Likes

learned a lot

Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent

Dislikes

work life culture could be better

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Developer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

IT Security Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 08 Aug 2024

Likes

Working on multiple problem at a time.

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good

Dislikes

work load

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 05 Aug 2024

Likes

nothing at all terrible work culture

Dislikes

everything terrible work culture

Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Software Developer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

IT Infrastructure Services Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 30 Jul 2024

Likes

Great work culy

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Less learning

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 25 Jul 2024

Likes

Awesome

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Timings are not good there

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 24 Jul 2024

Likes

yes its great friendly collegues

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

no issues just sometime hectic schedule

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 23 Jul 2024

Likes

Impact high pace environment

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good

Dislikes

Work pressure

Software Developer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 10 Jul 2024

Likes

super amazing nice culture

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

bad

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Developer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

5.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 05 Jul 2024

Likes

Every thing is fine best company

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Nothing dislike there, everything is good

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Developer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 18 Jun 2024

Likes

easily move across teams/countries

Salary - Good
Job security - Good

Dislikes

Politics in appraisals

Skill development - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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